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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.
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 Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 32 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which undergraduate 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 analysis found North Idaho College to be the best value school for allied health & medical assisting services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . NIC is a small public school located in the city of Coeur d'Alene.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NIC are $8,736 a year. On average, medical assisting graduates from NIC take out $10,446 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at College of Western Idaho helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health & medical assisting services schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the rural area of Nampa, CWI is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWI are $7,344 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, medical assisting majors at CWI accumulate an average of around $9,062 in student debt.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means College of Southern Idaho is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. College of Southern Idaho is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Twin Falls.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at College of Southern Idaho are $6,840 per year.
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Out of the 32 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, IBMC College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Fort Collins, IBMC is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
IBMC undergraduate students pay an average of $14,960 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, medical assisting graduates from IBMC carry an average student debtload of $11,943. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $123.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, IBMC is ranked #3 for overall quality for medical assisting in the Rocky Mountains Region .
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Casper College is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Casper College is a small public school located in the city of Casper.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Casper College are $8,568 a year.
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With a ranking of #6, Red Rocks Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Red Rocks Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lakewood.
Red Rocks Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $16,135 in tuition and fees each year.
Red Rocks Community College also made our Best Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.
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Fortis College - Salt Lake City 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 #7 on the list. Fortis College - Salt Lake City is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fortis College - Salt Lake City are $16,255 per year. Medical Assisting majors at Fortis College - Salt Lake City take out an average of $9,653 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $53.
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Front Range Community College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate allied health & medical assisting services programs. FRCC is a large public school located in the large suburb of Westminster.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FRCC are $15,776 per year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at FRCC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $14,601.
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Eagle Gate College - Murray ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the suburb of Murray, Eagle Gate College - Murray is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eagle Gate College - Murray are $17,112 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, medical assisting majors at Eagle Gate College - Murray accumulate an average of around $10,992 in student debt.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Eagle Gate College - Murray also did well on our Best Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #10, Central Wyoming College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Riverton, CWC is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWC are $10,980 per year.
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Request InformationBest Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges by State
Explore the best allied health & medical assisting services schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 1,413 |
Utah | 1,118 |
Idaho | 351 |
Montana | 130 |
Wyoming | 62 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Related Majors for Medical Assisting
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
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 32 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.