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

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 2023 rankings named Northcentral Technical College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for health & medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Wausau, North Central Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Central Technical College are $5,512 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, North Central Technical College also is in the top 20% of our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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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 large public school located in the large city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Madison College are $6,812 per year.

Madison College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fox Valley Technical College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Appleton, FVTC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

FVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,977 in tuition and fees each 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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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is a great value for health & medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Green Bay, NWTC is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWTC are $6,965 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NWTC also is in the top 15% of our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Moraine Park Technical College is a great value for health & medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Fond du Lac, Moraine Park Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Moraine Park Technical College are $6,793 a year.

Moraine Park Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Sinclair Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate health & medical administrative services programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Dayton, Sinclair Community College is a public school 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 large public school located in the large suburb of Auburn Hills.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Oakland Community College are $5,400 per year.

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Lakeshore 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 #8 on the list. LTC is a small public school located in the rural area of Cleveland.

LTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,326 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #9, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical 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 rural area of Shell Lake, WITC is a public school with a small student population.

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

WITC 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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Chippewa Valley Technical College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate health & medical administrative services programs. CVTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Eau Claire.

CVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,793 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CVTC 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.

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

#10

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

With a ranking of #10, Ivy Tech 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 large city of Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

Ivy Tech Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,927 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Ivy Tech Community College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

Read full report on Health & Medical Administrative Services at Ivy Tech Community College

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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