2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services
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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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 792 allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 21 colleges that offer a degree in allied health and medical assisting services. 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the allied health and medical assisting services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 21 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kettering College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Kettering, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s medical assisting degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.
Kettering College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Kettering College is $18,853 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Assisting students.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Santa Ana College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Santa Ana, California, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical assisting students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree medical assisting students list, SAC has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $3,801 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students per year to attend Santa Ana College.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Highline College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Highline College is a public institution located in Des Moines, Washington. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Highline did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #15 on our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $7,052 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Assisting students per year to attend Highline College.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Middle Georgia State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s. Middle Georgia State University is a public institution located in Macon, Georgia. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Middle Georgia State University also made our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. It costs about $10,116 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students per year to attend Middle Georgia State University.
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Out of the 21 schools in the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University landed the #5 spot on the list. Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s medical assisting degrees to qualified students.
FranU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,191 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students per year to attend FranU.
The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #6, Spokane Community College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Spokane, Washington, this medium-sized public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical assisting students in 2019-2020.
Spokane Community College also took the #19 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $5,855 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Assisting students per year to attend Spokane Community College.
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Lewis - Clark State College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Lewiston, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s medical assisting degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
Lewis - Clark State College also made our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #17. The estimated yearly cost for Lewis - Clark State College is $11,046 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students.
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With a ranking of #8, Huntington University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Huntington University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Huntington, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Huntington also made our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #9. The yearly cost to attend Huntington is $22,869 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Assisting students.
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Cedarville University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. Located in Cedarville, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s medical assisting students in 2019-2020.
Cedarville also made our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $21,727 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Assisting students per year to attend Cedarville University.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ohio State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 347 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Ohio State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $17,616 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students per year to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Full Ohio State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report
Pennsylvania College of Technology ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, this small public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s medical assisting students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Penn College, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pennsylvania College of Technology is $25,794 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Assisting students.
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Weber State University came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s medical assisting degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree medical assisting students list, WSU has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Weber State University is $11,968 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students.
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With a ranking of #13, Siena Heights University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Siena Heights University is a small school located in Adrian, Michigan that handed out 4 bachelors’s medical assisting degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree medical assisting students list, Siena Heights University has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Siena Heights University is $21,249 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Assisting students.
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With a ranking of #14, Newberry College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Newberry, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s medical assisting degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.
Newberry College also made our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #13. The estimated yearly cost for Newberry College is $19,539 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Assisting students.
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Caribbean University - Bayamon came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Bayamon, is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s medical assisting degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.
Caribbean University - Bayamon also made our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #21. It costs about $3,356 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students per year to attend Caribbean University - Bayamon.
Full Caribbean University - Bayamon Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report
Nova Southeastern University ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s medical assisting students in 2019-2020.
NUS Florida also took the #6 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NUS Florida is $23,905 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Ohio State University - Lima Campus came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Lima, Ohio, this small public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical assisting students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree medical assisting students list, Ohio State University - Lima Campus has also earned the #16 rank in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Ohio State University - Lima Campus is $13,059 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Connecticut did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #18. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s medical assisting degrees to 233 students in 2019-2020.
UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Connecticut is $22,012 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Full UCONN Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report
South College ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. South College is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s medical assisting degrees to qualified students.
South College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #20 on our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for South College is $17,816 for Bachelor’s Degree Medical Assisting students.
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With a ranking of #20, Anna Maria College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Anna Maria College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Paxton, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 bachelors’s medical assisting degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Anna Maria, the school also landed the #14 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Anna Maria College is $24,626 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students.
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Widener University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Widener is a medium-sized school located in Chester, Pennsylvania that handed out 30 bachelors’s medical assisting degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree medical assisting students list, Widener has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $31,345 for bachelor’s degree medical assisting students per year to attend Widener University.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *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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