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Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

59 Colleges
$5,183 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,873 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate 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.

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 Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 59 schools in Texas 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.


 

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

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

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

#1

College of the Mainland

Texas City, TX

Our 2023 rankings named College of the Mainland the best value school in Texas for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. COM is a small public school located in the suburb of Texas City.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at COM are $2,973 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tarrant County College District. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Tarrant County College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Worth.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tarrant County College are $3,402 per year.

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#3

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend El Centro College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at El Centro College are $4,050 a year. Medical Assisting majors at El Centro College take out an average of $11,298 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

El Centro College also made our Best Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Trade Schools in Texas list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at San Jacinto College are $3,240 a year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at San Jacinto College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $10,942.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alvin Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the large suburb of Alvin, Alvin is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Alvin undergraduate students pay an average of $2,834 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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El Paso 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 #6 on the list. Located in the large city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

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

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#7

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

Amarillo 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. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo.

Amarillo College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,168 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Houston 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. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Houston Community College are $4,344 per year. Medical Assisting majors at Houston Community College take out an average of $16,293 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#9

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

Lone Star College System landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate allied health & medical assisting services programs. North Harris Montgomery is a very large public school located in the city of The Woodlands.

North Harris Montgomery undergraduate students pay an average of $5,136 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at North Harris Montgomery take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $7,883.

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#10

Angelina College

Lufkin, TX

With a ranking of #10, Angelina 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 Lufkin, AC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at AC are $4,740 per 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 Schools 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 25 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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