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Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$18,484 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,873 Avg Salary

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

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Virginia. With 1,147 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Virginia 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.

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.

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Allied Health Services

Our analysis found American National University to be the best value school for allied health & medical assisting services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Virginia. American National University is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Salem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at American National University are $10,856 per year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, medical assisting graduates from American National University carry an average student debtload of $13,468.

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#2

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend ECPI University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, ECPI University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ECPI University are $18,484 per year. Medical Assisting majors at ECPI University take out an average of $12,304 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

ECPI University also made our Best Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #2.

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#4

Chester Career College

CHESTER, VA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Chester Career College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health & medical assisting services schools in Virginia. Richmond School of Health and Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of CHESTER.

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#4

Eastern Virginia Career College

Fredericksburg, VA

Out of the 5 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Virginia Career College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Eastern Virginia Career College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Fredericksburg.

On average, medical assisting graduates from Eastern Virginia Career College take out $7,214 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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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 Schools 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
West Virginia 810
Louisiana 2,022
Tennessee 1,693
Alabama 1,021
Kentucky 1,120
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 5 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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