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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
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.
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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 moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Waco.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at MCC are $5,910 a year.
MCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Mainland. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. COM is a small public school located in the suburb of Texas City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at COM are $3,873 per 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 fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of McKinney.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Collin County Community College District are $5,614 per year.
Out of the 65 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Midland College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Midland, Midland College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Midland College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,880 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent basic certificate programs at The University of Texas at Brownsville helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health & medical administrative services schools in the Southwest Region . 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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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 small city of Baytown, Lee College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lee College are $4,302 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Lee College also is in the top 10% of our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
El Centro College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate health & medical administrative services programs. Located in the large city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at El Centro College are $6,000 a year.
El Centro College also took the #2 spot in our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.
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.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Houston Community College are $5,460 per year.
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 distant town of Wharton, Wharton County Junior College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Wharton County Junior College are $5,052 a year.
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Tyler Junior College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tyler Junior College are $4,440 per 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 schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 4,620 |
| Texas | 3,770 |
| Oklahoma | 624 |
| New Mexico | 193 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services Related Majors for Health & Medical Administrative Services
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
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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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