2024 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #177 out of the 363 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, it might take a little more work to find colleges and universities that offer the degree program.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of allied health & medical assisting services. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 53 bachelor's degrees in allied health & medical assisting services during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 allied health & medical assisting services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of allied health & medical assisting services students who choose to seek a bachelor's 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for allied health & medical assisting services to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized allied health & medical assisting services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools

The medical assisting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services in the Southwest Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in allied health & medical assisting services.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Medical Assisting

1

Rogers State University
Claremore, OK

6 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in allied health & medical assisting services has to look into Rogers State University. RSU is a small public university located in the fringe town of Claremore.More information about a bachelor’s in allied health & medical assisting services from Rogers State University

2

Pima Medical Institute - Tucson
Tucson, AZ

47 Annual Graduates

$56,165 Median Starting Salary

$31,252 Median Student Debt

Pima Medical Institute - Tucson is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in allied health & medical assisting services. PMI Tucson is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Tucson.

Those allied health & medical assisting services students who get their bachelor's degree from Pima Medical Institute - Tucson earn $10,959 more than the average medical assisting graduate.

More information about a bachelor’s in allied health & medical assisting services from Pima Medical Institute - Tucson

Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges by State

Explore the best allied health & medical assisting services schools for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	200	47
Oklahoma	190	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical Assisting

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Medical Assisting Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy Assistant	47
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	6

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	21,602
Health & Medical Administrative Services	3,188
Public Health	2,378
Health Sciences & Services	1,959
Communication Sciences	1,443
Allied Health Professions	798
Mental & Social Health Services	788
Health/Medical Prep Programs	742
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	555
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	420

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.