2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is the 33rd most popular major in the country with 77,593 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, allied health and medical assisting services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,454 and had an average of $15,514 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 15,907 allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,050 and $12,083 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent allied health and medical assisting services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the allied health and medical assisting services program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California

#1 in overall quality

$55,011 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Stanford, California, and it awarded 27 masters’s medical assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

Stanford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford are $55,011, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Stanford University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services (Income $48-$75k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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