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Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey

2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey

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

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Jersey. With 1,749 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in New Jersey to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services program at each school on the list.


 

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

#1

Advantage Career Institute

Eatontown, NJ

Our analysis found Advantage Career Institute to be the most popular school for allied health & medical assisting services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in New Jersey. Advantage Career Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Eatontown.

About 90% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 10% are male.

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#1

ASI Career Institute

Turnersville, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named ASI Career Institute the most popular school in New Jersey for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. ASI Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Turnersville.

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

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Out of the 14 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Piscataway, AIMS Education is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 94% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Prism Career Institute, West Atlantic City. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the midsize suburb of West Atlantic City, Prism Career Institute is a private for-profit 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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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Prism Career Institute, Cherry Hill helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular allied health & medical assisting services schools in New Jersey. Prism Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Cherry Hill.

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New Community Career & Technical Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list. NCCTI is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Newark.

Of the 11 students majoring in medical assisting at NCCTI, 9% are male and 91% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, Medical Career Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Ocean, Medical Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#8

Union County College

Cranford, NJ

Union County College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for allied health & medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Cranford, Union County College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #9, Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Sewell, RCSJ is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#10

Camden County College

Blackwood, NJ

Camden County College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate allied health & medical assisting services programs. Camden County College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Blackwood.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,605
Pennsylvania 1,726
Maryland 676
Delaware 183
District of Columbia 67

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 14 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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