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Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

54 Colleges
$7,344 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

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 2023 rankings named Clovis Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the remote town of Clovis, Clovis Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Clovis Community College are $3,224 per year.

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#2

Panola College

Carthage, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Panola College is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Panola College is a small public school located in the distant town of Carthage.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Panola College are $4,896 per year.

Panola College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#3

Central Arizona College

Coolidge, AZ

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Central Arizona College is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Pinal County Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Coolidge.

Pinal County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,000 in tuition and fees each year.

Pinal County Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#4

College of the Mainland

Texas City, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Mainland. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the medium-sized 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.

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#5

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, TX

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.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NTCC are $6,449 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NTCC also did well on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#6

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

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 medium-sized city of Amarillo, Amarillo College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Amarillo College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,704 in tuition and fees each year.

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Houston Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year.

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#8

San Juan College

Farmington, NM

San Juan College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health & medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. SJC is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Farmington.

SJC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,882 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, Cochise County Community College District 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 city of Sierra Vista, Cochise College is a public school with a small student population.

Cochise College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,000 in tuition and fees each year.

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El Paso Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. El Paso Community College is a very large public school located in the city of El Paso.

El Paso Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,314 in tuition and fees each 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
Arizona 2,214
Texas 9,187
Oklahoma 1,297
New Mexico 657

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Medical Assisting Focus Areas

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 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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