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2023 Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region

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

In 2021-2022, 88,600 health & medical administrative services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

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The Best Health/Medical Admin Services 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 65 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for trade school students.

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2023 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named CCI Training Center, Arlington the best school in the Southwest Region for health & medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Arlington, CCI Training Center is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend McLennan Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. MCC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Waco.

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Out of the 65 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regional Center for Border Health landed the # 3 spot on the list. Regional Center for Border Health is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Somerton.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great place for health & medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

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Out of the 65 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Remington College - Dallas Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Dallas, Remington College - Dallas Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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GateWay Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. GateWay Community College is a small public school located in the large city of Phoenix.

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Collin County Community College District did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health & medical administrative services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Collin County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of McKinney.

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Remington College - Fort Worth Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate health & medical administrative services programs. Remington College - Fort Worth Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Worth.

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GateWay Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list. GateWay Community College is a fairly small public school located in the large city of Phoenix.

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Tarrant County College District landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate health & medical administrative services programs. Tarrant County College is a very large public school located in the city of Fort Worth.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Midland College Midland, TX
12 Brookline College - Phoenix Phoenix, AZ
13 Pima Medical Institute - El Paso El Paso, TX

Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health & medical administrative services schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 4,620
Texas 3,770
Oklahoma 624
New Mexico 193

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, health & medical administrative services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Health Care Management 30,702
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder 10,541
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician 10,010
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller 9,004
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary 7,581
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist 4,981
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management 3,981
Medical Office Management/Administration 3,470
Health Information Management 2,942
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services 2,251
Medical/Health Management & Clinical Assistant/Specialist 1,257
Medical Reception/Receptionist 730
Clinical Research Coordinator 291
Long Term Care Administration/Management 221
Healthcare Innovation 193
Medical Office Computer Specialist/Assistant 118
Health Unit Coordinator/Ward Clerk 109
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist 83
Regulatory Science/Affairs 73
Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician 25
Disease Registry Data Management 15
Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor 11
Healthcare Information Privacy Assurance and Security 7
Health/Medical Claims Examiner 4

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 83,587
Health Sciences & Services 36,762
Mental & Social Health Services 30,331

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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