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Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

20 Colleges
$6,215 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,873 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, allied health & medical assisting services was ranked 8th in Kentucky. In fact, 1,120 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 20 schools in Kentucky 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.

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.


 

2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

Check out the medical assisting undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Bluegrass Community and Technical College to be the best value school for allied health & medical assisting services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Kentucky. Located in the city of Lexington, Bluegrass Community and Technical College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bluegrass Community and Technical College are $4,640 a year. On average, medical assisting graduates from Bluegrass Community and Technical College take out $18,108 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Bluegrass Community and Technical College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Kentucky list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Gateway Community and Technical College is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Gateway is a small public school located in the large suburb of Florence.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Gateway are $4,640 a year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Gateway take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $9,683.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jefferson Community and Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Jefferson Community and Technical College is a large public school located in the city of Louisville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Jefferson Community and Technical College are $4,640 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Somerset Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the remote town of Somerset, SCC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

SCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,560 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Owensboro Community and Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Owensboro Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Owensboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Owensboro Community and Technical College are $4,560 a year.

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#6

Hopkinsville Community College

Hopkinsville, KY

Hopkinsville Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the distant town of Hopkinsville, Hopkinsville Community College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hopkinsville Community College are $4,560 a year.

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Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical 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 #7 on the list. Southeast is a small public school located in the town of Cumberland.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southeast are $4,560 a year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, medical assisting majors at Southeast accumulate an average of around $11,407 in student debt.

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With a ranking of #8, Maysville Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Maysville Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Maysville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Maysville Community and Technical College are $4,560 a year.

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Hazard Community and Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Hazard Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the remote town of Hazard.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hazard Community and Technical College are $4,560 per year.

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#10

Sullivan University

Louisville, KY

Sullivan University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Sullivan University is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Sullivan University are $14,220 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Sullivan University is ranked #3 for overall quality for medical assisting in Kentucky.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 774
Georgia 2,571
Arkansas 500
North Carolina 1,765
Florida 6,643
Louisiana 2,022
West Virginia 810
Virginia 1,147
Alabama 1,021
Tennessee 1,693
Mississippi 664

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 20 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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