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Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region

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

With 83,587 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, allied health & medical assisting services is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 47 schools in the Plains States Region 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.

Check out the medical assisting basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Hutchinson Community College the most popular school in the Plains States Region for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Hutchinson Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Hutchinson.

About 36% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 64% are male.

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#2

Concorde Career Colleges

Kansas City, MO

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Concorde Career Colleges is a great place for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Concorde Career Colleges is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.

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

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#3

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN

Out of the 47 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Century College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Century College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake.

Of the 99 students majoring in medical assisting at Century College, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Kansas City Kansas Community College is a great place for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Kansas City, Kansas City Kansas Community College is a public college with a small student population.

About 34% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 66% are male.

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#5

Cowley County Community College

Arkansas City, KS

Out of the 47 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cowley County Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Arkansas City, Cowley College is a public college with a small student population.

About 45% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 55% are male.

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Barton County Community 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 #6 on the list. Located in the rural area of Great Bend, Barton Community College is a public college with a small student population.

About 55% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 45% are male.

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Mayo Clinic School of Medicine 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 #7 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 68% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 32% are male.

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Anoka Technical 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. Anoka Technical College is a small public school located in the suburb of Anoka.

Of the 65 students majoring in medical assisting at Anoka Technical College, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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#9

Butler Community College

El Dorado, KS

Butler Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular basic certificate allied health & medical assisting services programs. Butler CC is a medium-sized public school located in the town of El Dorado.

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Garden City Community College

Garden City, KS

With a ranking of #10, Garden City Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Garden City Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Garden City.

Of the 15 students majoring in medical assisting at Garden City Community College, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 945
Missouri 862
Minnesota 1,014
South Dakota 123
Iowa 477
North Dakota 29
Nebraska 208

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

Majors Similar to Medical Assisting

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).

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