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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

65 Colleges
$5,893 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate 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.

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 Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 65 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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.

2023 Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest 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 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found McLennan Community College to be the best value school for health & medical administrative services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southwest Region . MCC is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCC are $5,910 per year.

MCC 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 the Southwest Region list.

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#2

College of the Mainland

Texas City, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means College of the Mainland is a great value for health & medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. COM is a small public school located in the midsize 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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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Collin County Community College District is a great value for health & medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Collin County Community College District is a very large public school located in the suburb of McKinney.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Collin County Community College District are $5,614 a year.

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#4

Midland College

Midland, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Midland College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Midland, Midland College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Midland College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,880 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Brownsville. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. The University of Texas at Brownsville is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Brownsville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at The University of Texas at Brownsville are $4,948 a year.

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#6

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Lee College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Baytown, Lee College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lee College are $4,302 a 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 Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#7

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

El Centro 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. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a very large student population.

El Centro College undergraduate students pay an average of $6,000 in tuition and fees each year.

El Centro College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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Houston Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Houston Community College is a very large public school located in the city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year.

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Wharton County Junior College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Wharton, Wharton County Junior College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Wharton County Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,052 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, TX

Tyler Junior College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public college with a large student population.

Tyler Junior College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,440 in tuition and fees each year.

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Honorable Mentions

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

Rank College Location
11 GateWay Community College Phoenix, AZ
12 Temple College Temple, TX
13 San Juan College Farmington, NM

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
Arizona 4,620
Texas 3,770
Oklahoma 624
New Mexico 193

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

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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