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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

68 Colleges
$8,086 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 88,600 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, health & medical administrative services is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 68 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for health & medical administrative services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the health & medical administrative services basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 15% Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Northcentral Technical College to be the best value school for health & medical administrative services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

North Central Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,512 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, North Central Technical College also did well on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Health & Medical Administrative Services at Northcentral Technical College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Madison Area Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Madison College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Madison.

Madison College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,812 in tuition and fees each year.

Madison College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Full Health & Medical Administrative Services at Madison Area Technical College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fox Valley Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at FVTC are $6,977 a year.

FVTC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Out of the 68 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NWTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,965 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, NWTC also did well on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Health & Medical Administrative Services at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Out of the 68 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Moraine Park Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Fond du Lac, Moraine Park Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Moraine Park Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,793 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Moraine Park Technical College also is in the top 5% of our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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With a ranking of #6, Sinclair Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health & medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, Sinclair Community College is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Sinclair Community College are $8,316 a year.

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#7

Oakland Community College

Auburn Hills, MI

Oakland Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate health & medical administrative services programs. Oakland Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Auburn Hills.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Oakland Community College are $5,400 a year.

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Lakeshore Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate health & medical administrative services programs. LTC is a small public school located in the rural area of Cleveland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LTC are $6,326 per year.

Read full report on Health & Medical Administrative Services at Lakeshore Technical College

Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Shell Lake, WITC is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WITC are $6,624 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, WITC also did well on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Chippewa Valley Technical College 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 #10 on the list. CVTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Eau Claire.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CVTC are $6,793 per year.

CVTC also claimed a spot on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#10

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Ivy Tech Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ivy Tech Community College also did well on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Health & Medical Administrative Services at Ivy Tech Community College Report

Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great value schools for Health/Medical Admin Services students in the Great Lakes Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.

Rank College Location
12 Western Technical College La Crosse, WI
13 Stark State College North Canton, OH

Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 1,249
Indiana 2,846
Wisconsin 1,313
Ohio 1,966
Illinois 4,184

Health & Medical Administrative Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Concentrations

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.

  • 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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