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2023 Most Popular Health Aids & Attendants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies Basic Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, health aids/attendants/orderlies was ranked #33 in the country. In fact 1,818 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent.

The Most Popular Health Aids & Attendants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Southwest 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 Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health aids majors pursuing a basic certificate.

#1

Quest College

San Antonio, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Quest College the most popular school in the Southwest Region for health aids/attendants/orderlies students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of San Antonio, Quest College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tulsa Technology Center. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Aids & Attendants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Tulsa Tech is a small public school located in the large city of Tulsa.

Of the 51 students majoring in health aids at Tulsa Tech, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Gordon Cooper Technology Center is a great place for health aids/attendants/orderlies students working on their basic certificate. Located in the distant town of Shawnee, Gordon Cooper Technology Center is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid-America Technology Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Aids & Attendants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the rural area of Wayne, Mid-America Technology Center is a public school with a fairly small student population.

Of the 47 students majoring in health aids at Mid-America Technology Center, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Moore Norman Technology Center helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health aids/attendants/orderlies schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the rural area of Norman, MNTC is a public college with a small student population.

About 73% of the students majoring in health aids at the school are women while 27% are male.

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Central New Mexico Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Health Aids & Attendants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a large student population.

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Cochise County Community College District did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health aids/attendants/orderlies students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Cochise College is a small public school located in the small city of Sierra Vista.

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#8

Texas Health School

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #8, Texas Health School did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health aids/attendants/orderlies students working on their basic certificate. Texas Health School is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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Regional Center for Border Health came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Aids & Attendants Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Regional Center for Border Health is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Somerton.

Women make up 89% of the health aids majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #8, Southwest Technology Center did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health aids/attendants/orderlies students working on their basic certificate. Southwest Technology Center is a fairly small public school located in the remote town of Altus.

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Best Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies Colleges by State

Explore the best health aids/attendants/orderlies schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 40
Texas 93
Oklahoma 174
New Mexico 29

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, health aids/attendants/orderlies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Health Aids Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 700
Medication Aide 694
Health Aide 231
Rehabilitation Aide 157
Physical Therapy Technician/Aide 26
Other Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies 10

Majors Similar to Health Aids

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 83,587
Health Sciences & Services 36,762

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 15 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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