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Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$3,100 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate School for You

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in North Carolina. With 1,765 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in North Carolina to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for medical assisting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top 10 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Schools

#1

Craven Community College

New Bern, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Craven Community College the best value school in North Carolina for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Craven Community College is a small public school located in the small city of New Bern.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Craven Community College are $2,022 a year.

Craven Community College also took the #2 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina rankings.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southwestern Community College is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Sylva, Southwestern Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southwestern Community College are $2,229 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Piedmont Community College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the rural area of Polkton, South Piedmont Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Piedmont Community College are $2,015 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alamance Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. ACC is a small public school located in the rural area of Graham.

ACC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,498 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Montgomery Community College is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Troy, MCC is a public school with a small student population.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $2,538 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MCC also made our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #5.

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Richmond Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health & medical assisting services programs. Richmond Community College is a small public school located in the town of Hamlet.

Richmond Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,536 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Vance-Granville Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the distant town of Henderson, Vance-Granville Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Vance-Granville Community College are $1,944 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Surry Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Surry Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Dobson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Surry Community College are $2,663 a year.

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Lenoir Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health & medical assisting services programs. Located in the town of Kinston, Lenoir Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Lenoir Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,568 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #10, Central Piedmont Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Charlotte, Central Piedmont Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Central Piedmont Community College are $2,792 a year.

Central Piedmont Community College also made our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #3.

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Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 774
Georgia 2,571
Arkansas 500
Florida 6,643
West Virginia 810
Louisiana 2,022
Virginia 1,147
Alabama 1,021
Kentucky 1,120
Tennessee 1,693
Mississippi 664

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, allied health & medical assisting services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Assisting Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Medical/Clinical Assistant 54,553
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant 7,327
Physical Therapy Assistant 6,499
Occupational Therapist Assistant 4,508
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services 4,145
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) 3,373
Radiologist Assistant 1,360
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant 571
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant 375
Anesthesiologist Assistant 371
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant 299
Pathology/Pathologist Assistant 157
Lactation Consultant 49

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Health Sciences & Services 36,762
Mental & Social Health Services 30,331

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 20 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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