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Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

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$29,254 Avg Salary
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In 2021-2022, 83,587 allied health & medical assisting services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Trade Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medical assisting majors pursuing an online .

#1

Arlington Career Institute

Grand Prairie, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Arlington Career Institute the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for allied health & medical assisting services students. Arlington Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Grand Prairie.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Medical Institute - Tucson. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. PMI Tucson is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Tucson.

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#3

San Juan College

Farmington, NM

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Juan College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. SJC is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Farmington.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Estrella Mountain Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Avondale, Estrella Mountain Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#5

Oklahoma City Community College

Oklahoma City, OK

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, OCCC is a public school with a large student population.

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Explore the most popular online allied health & medical assisting services schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,214
Texas 9,187
Oklahoma 1,297
New Mexico 657

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Medical Assisting Focus Areas

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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