2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate Degree 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.
It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 63 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for health & medical administrative services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health & medical administrative services majors pursuing a associate degree.
Top 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate Degree Schools
Our analysis found Central Arizona College to be the best value school for health & medical administrative services students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the rural area of Coolidge, Pinal County Community College is a public school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pinal County Community College are $3,000 per year. Health & Medical Administrative Services majors at Pinal County Community College take out an average of $9,491 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Pinal County Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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The excellent associate degree programs at New Mexico State University - Carlsbad helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health & medical administrative services schools in the Southwest Region . NMSU Carlsbad is a small public school located in the rural area of Carlsbad.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMSU Carlsbad are $4,008 per year.
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Out of the 63 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Panola College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Carthage, Panola College is a public college with a small student population.
Panola College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,896 in tuition and fees each year.
Panola College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Tyler Junior College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health & medical administrative services schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public school with a large student population.
Tyler Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,440 in tuition and fees each year. On average, health & medical administrative services graduates from Tyler Junior College take out $20,268 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
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Out of the 63 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, McLennan Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. MCC is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Waco.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $5,910 per year.
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College of the Mainland landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree health & medical administrative services programs. COM is a small public school located in the suburb of Texas City.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at COM are $3,873 a year.
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San Jacinto Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health & medical administrative services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jacinto College are $5,040 per year. The average amount in student loans that health & medical administrative services majors at San Jacinto College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $12,555.
San Juan College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the small city of Farmington, SJC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
SJC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,882 in tuition and fees each year.
Lee College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health & medical administrative services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the small city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Lee College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,302 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Lee College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Midland College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree health & medical administrative services programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Midland, Midland College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Midland College are $5,880 a year.
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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 Value Health/Medical Admin Services Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region award.
Rank | College | Location |
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11 | The University of Texas at Brownsville | Brownsville, TX |
12 | Wharton County Junior College | Wharton, TX |
12 | Galveston College | Galveston, TX |
Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges by State
Explore the best health & medical administrative services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 4,620 |
Texas | 3,770 |
Oklahoma | 624 |
New Mexico | 193 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services Related Majors for Health & Medical Administrative Services
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
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.
- 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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