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Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado

2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$8,966 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Health & Medical Administrative Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Colorado. With 1,039 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 8th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Colorado 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.

Top 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Red Rocks Community College to be the best value school for health & medical administrative services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Colorado. Located in the midsize city of Lakewood, Red Rocks Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Red Rocks Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,471 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Red Rocks Community College is ranked #1 for overall quality for health & medical administrative services in Colorado.

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#2

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

The excellent basic certificate programs at Front Range Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health & medical administrative services schools in Colorado. Located in the large suburb of Westminster, FRCC is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FRCC are $4,126 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, FRCC is ranked #4 for overall quality for health & medical administrative services in Colorado.

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#3

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO

The excellent basic certificate programs at Pikes Peak Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health & medical administrative services schools in Colorado. Located in the suburb of Colorado Springs, PPCC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

PPCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,065 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

PPCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Colorado list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Community College of Aurora is a great value for health & medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. CCA is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Aurora.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCA are $4,030 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Metropolitan State University of Denver helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health & medical administrative services schools in Colorado. MSU Denver is a large public school located in the large city of Denver.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MSU Denver are $10,260 a year.

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Colorado Christian University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Colorado ranking. CCU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Lakewood.

CCU undergraduate students pay an average of $26,846 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Pima Medical Institute - Denver 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. Located in the suburb of Denver, PMI Denver is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Emily Griffith 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 #7 on the list. Emily Griffith is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Denver.

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Concorde Career College - Aurora 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. Concorde Career College - Aurora is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Aurora.

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With a ranking of #7, Pima Medical Institute - Aurora did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health & medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. PMI Aurora is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Aurora.

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Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 1,405
Idaho 223
Montana 86
Wyoming 52

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 11 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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