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2023 Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools

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In 2021-2022, 83,587 allied health & medical assisting services students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the United States to see which online basic certificate programs were the most popular for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.


 

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Colleges.

#1

Martinsburg College

Martinsburg, WV

Our analysis found Martinsburg College to be the most popular school for allied health & medical assisting services students who want to pursue an online basic certificate in the United States. Located in the midsize suburb of Martinsburg, Martinsburg College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 96% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

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The in-demand online basic certificate programs at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health & medical assisting services schools in the United States. NWTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Green Bay.

About 97% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 3% are male.

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#3

University of Providence

Great Falls, MT

The in-demand online basic certificate programs at University of Providence helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health & medical assisting services schools in the United States. University of Providence is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Great Falls.

Of the 48 students majoring in medical assisting at University of Providence, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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The in-demand online basic certificate programs at Central Georgia Technical College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health & medical assisting services schools in the United States. CGTC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Warner Robins.

About 95% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 5% are male.

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The in-demand online basic certificate programs at Southwestern Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health & medical assisting services schools in the United States. Located in the town of Sylva, Southwestern Community College is a public college with a small student population.

About 94% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 6% are male.

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Northcentral Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for allied health & medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Wausau.

Of the 36 students majoring in medical assisting at North Central Technical College, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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#7

Central Community College

Grand Island, NE

Central Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online basic certificate allied health & medical assisting services programs. Central Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Grand Island.

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Lake Area Technical Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for allied health & medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the town of Watertown, LATI is a public school with a small student population.

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Alexandria Technical & Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools list. ATCC is a small public school located in the remote town of Alexandria.

About 86% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 14% are male.

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With a ranking of #10, James A Rhodes State College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their online basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Lima, Rhodes State College is a public college with a small student population.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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 24 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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