2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate School for You
In 2021-2022, 83,587 allied health & medical assisting services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 54 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the medical assisting basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Clovis Community College to be the best value school for allied health & medical assisting services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the town of Clovis, Clovis Community College is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Clovis Community College are $3,224 a year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Panola College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Panola College is a small public school located in the town of Carthage.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Panola College are $4,896 per year.
Panola College also took the #1 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Arizona College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Pinal County Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Coolidge.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pinal County Community College are $3,000 per year.
Pinal County Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means College of the Mainland is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the midsize suburb of Texas City, COM is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at COM are $3,873 a year.
The excellent basic certificate programs at Northeast Texas Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health & medical assisting services schools in the Southwest Region . NTCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Mount Pleasant.
NTCC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,449 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, NTCC is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
With a ranking of #6, Amarillo 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 midsize city of Amarillo, Amarillo College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Amarillo College are $4,704 a year.
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Houston Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health & medical assisting services programs. Located in the large city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Houston Community College are $5,460 per year.
San Juan College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. SJC is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Farmington.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SJC are $4,882 per year.
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Cochise County Community College District came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the small city of Sierra Vista, Cochise College is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Cochise College are $6,000 per year.
El Paso Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health & medical assisting services programs. El Paso Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of El Paso.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at El Paso Community College are $5,314 a year.
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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges by State
Explore the best allied health & medical assisting services schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 2,214 |
Texas | 9,187 |
Oklahoma | 1,297 |
New Mexico | 657 |
Majors Related to Medical Assisting
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Medical Assisting Focus Areas
Most Popular Majors Related to Medical Assisting
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 25 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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