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Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

28 Colleges
$13,853 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,873 Avg Salary

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

With 83,587 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, allied health & medical assisting services is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 28 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for medical assisting students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Mount Wachusett Community College the best value school in the New England Region for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. MWCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Gardner.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MWCC are $10,680 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, medical assisting majors at MWCC accumulate an average of around $9,131 in student debt.

MWCC also claimed a spot on our Best Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Eastern Maine Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health & medical assisting services schools in the New England Region . Located in the small city of Bangor, Eastern Maine Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Maine Community College are $6,757 per year.

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Out of the 28 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Essex Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. NECC is a small public school located in the suburb of Haverhill.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NECC are $11,472 per year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at NECC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $6,740.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Massasoit 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 the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Brockton, Massasoit Community College is a public college with a small student population.

Massasoit Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,320 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Porter and Chester Institute of Hamden helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health & medical assisting services schools in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Porter and Chester Institute of Hamden is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Porter and Chester Institute of Hamden are $14,870 per year. Medical Assisting majors at Porter and Chester Institute of Hamden take out an average of $8,791 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

Southern Maine Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the city of South Portland, SMCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMCC are $6,677 per year.

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Massachusetts Bay Community College

Wellesley Hills, MA

Massachusetts Bay Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate allied health & medical assisting services programs. Located in the suburb of Wellesley Hills, MassBay Community College is a public college with a small student population.

MassBay Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,320 in tuition and fees each year.

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Quinsigamond Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health & medical assisting services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Quinsigamond Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Worcester.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Quinsigamond Community College are $10,774 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, Porter and Chester Institute of Stratford did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Porter and Chester Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Bridgeport.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Porter and Chester Institute are $15,856 per year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, medical assisting graduates from Porter and Chester Institute carry an average student debtload of $9,362. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $97.

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#10

Community College of Vermont

Montpelier, VT

Community College of Vermont did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health & medical assisting services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. CCV is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Montpelier.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CCV are $13,640 a year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at CCV take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $5,518.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges by State

Explore the best allied health & medical assisting services colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 875
Maine 300
Connecticut 933
Rhode Island 236
New Hampshire 47
Vermont 39

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

Majors Similar to Medical Assisting

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 28 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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