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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

19 Colleges
$6,125 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2021-2022, health & medical administrative services students earned 1,219 degrees and certificates from a Virginia school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in Virginia 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.


 

2023 Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health & medical administrative services majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Top 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Reynolds Community College the best value school in Virginia for health & medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Reynolds Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Richmond.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Reynolds Community College are $4,998 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mountain Empire Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the distant town of Big Stone Gap, MECC is a public school with a small student population.

MECC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MECC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Virginia list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Highlands Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. VHCC is a small public school located in the small suburb of Abingdon.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at VHCC are $4,725 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Danville Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Danville Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Danville.

Danville Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Danville Community College also made our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #1.

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Out of the 19 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Southside Virginia Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Southside Virginia Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Alberta.

Southside Virginia Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,695 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Wytheville Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the town of Wytheville, WCC is a public school with a small student population.

WCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Virginia list.

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Northern Virginia Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. Northern Virginia Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Annandale.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northern Virginia Community College are $5,565 a year.

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Thomas Nelson Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Hampton, TNCC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

TNCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,806 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Southwest Virginia Community 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 #9 on the list. Located in the rural area of Cedar Bluff, Southwest Virginia is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Virginia are $4,733 per year.

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#10

Piedmont Virginia Community College

Charlottesville, VA

Piedmont Virginia Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate health & medical administrative services programs. PVCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at PVCC are $4,790 a year.

PVCC also made our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
South Carolina 345
Georgia 2,529
Arkansas 728
North Carolina 4,147
Florida 10,467
West Virginia 1,326
Louisiana 701
Tennessee 650
Alabama 591
Kentucky 1,934
Mississippi 771

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

Majors Similar to Health & Medical Administrative Services

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 19 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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