2024 Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana

Medical/Clinical Assistant is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #21 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 94 associate degrees in medical/clinical assistant during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Medical/Clinical Assistant School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of medical/clinical assistant for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality medical/clinical assistant program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on medical/clinical assistant students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of medical/clinical assistant students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medical/clinical assistant related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for medical/clinical assistant students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Louisiana list, to help you choose the best school for you.

 

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Medical/Clinical Assistant in Louisiana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant.

Top Louisiana Schools for an Associate in Medical/Clinical Assistant

1

Blue Cliff College - Alexandria
Alexandria, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

51 Annual Graduates

Blue Cliff College - Alexandria is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Blue Cliff College - Alexandria is a small private for-profit college located in the small city of Alexandria.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Blue Cliff College - Alexandria

2

Remington College - Lafayette Campus
Lafayette, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant has to take a look at Remington College - Lafayette Campus. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, Remington College - Lafayette Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Remington College - Lafayette Campus

3

Remington College - Shreveport Campus
Shreveport, LA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant has to take a look at Remington College - Shreveport Campus. Remington College - Shreveport Campus is a small private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Shreveport.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Remington College - Shreveport Campus

4

Herzing University - Kenner
Metairie, LA

It's hard to beat Herzing University - Kenner if you wish to pursue an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Herzing University - Kenner is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Metairie.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Herzing University - Kenner

Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	19
Florida	232	425
North Carolina	231	388
Georgia	217	110
West Virginia	180	183
Tennessee	170	106
Arkansas	161	14
Virginia	158	553
Kentucky	129	109
Alabama	109	113
South Carolina	105	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical/Clinical Assistant

One of 14 majors within the Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services area of study, Medical/Clinical Assistant has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Medical/Clinical Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy Assistant	80
Occupational Therapist Assistant	67
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	15
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	10

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.