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Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Texas

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

30 Colleges
$5,035 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2021-2022, allied health & medical assisting services students earned 9,187 degrees and certificates from a Texas school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

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 Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in Texas 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.

2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Schools in Texas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for medical assisting majors pursuing a basic certificate.

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

#1

Panola College

Carthage, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Panola College the best value school in Texas for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the distant town of Carthage, Panola College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Panola College are $3,840 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Panola College is ranked #1 for overall quality for medical assisting in Texas.

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#2

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

Out of the 30 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Amarillo College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Amarillo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Amarillo College are $3,168 a year.

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#3

College of the Mainland

Texas City, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Mainland. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Texas list. COM is a small public school located in the suburb of Texas City.

COM undergraduate students pay an average of $2,973 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, TX

The excellent basic certificate programs at Northeast Texas Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health & medical assisting services schools in Texas. Located in the rural area of Mount Pleasant, NTCC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NTCC are $5,009 per year.

NTCC also made our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Texas list, coming in at #5.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lamar Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the midsize city of Beaumont, Lamar Institute of Technology is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lamar Institute of Technology are $2,844 a year.

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El Paso Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health & medical assisting services programs. Located in the large city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at El Paso Community College are $3,274 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, Lamar State College - Orange 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 suburb of Orange, Lamar State College - Orange is a public school with a small student population.

Lamar State College - Orange undergraduate students pay an average of $2,832 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Houston Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Texas list. Houston Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Houston Community College are $4,344 a year.

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#9

South Texas College

McAllen, TX

South Texas College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the midsize city of McAllen, South Texas College is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at South Texas College are $4,530 per year.

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#10

Vernon College

Vernon, TX

Vernon College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Vernon Regional Junior College is a small public school located in the rural area of Vernon.

Vernon Regional Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,040 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,214
Oklahoma 1,297
New Mexico 657

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 30 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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