2023 Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
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When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Office Assistant/Specialist for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist is the 503rd most popular major in the country with 4,894 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 325 medical office assistant/specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 64 medical office assistant/specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,077 and $19,490 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Office Assistant/Specialist for an Associate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in medical office assistant/specialist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality medical office assistant/specialist programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the medical office assistant/specialist program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 “Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Office Assistant/Specialist for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Office Assistant/Specialist for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree vets studying medical office assistant/specialist.
Top 3 Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Joliet Junior College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Office Assistant/Specialist for an Associate. Joliet Junior College is a fairly large school located in Joliet, Illinois that handed out 3 associates’s medical office assistant/specialist degrees in 2020-2021.
Joliet Junior College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 171 of the 10,267 students enrolled at Joliet Junior College were GI Bill® students, of which 112 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,584. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Muskegon Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Office Assistant/Specialist for an Associate. Muskegon Community College is a public institution located in Muskegon, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Muskegon Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list.Among the 3,456 students enrolled at Muskegon Community College, 90 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 47 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,318. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Great Lakes Region for Medical Office Assistant/Specialist for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio Valley College of Technology landed the #3 spot on the list. East Liverpool, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s medical office assistant/specialist degrees to 31 students in 2020-2021.
Ohio Valley College of Technology also took the #4 spot in our “Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.Among the 170 students enrolled at Ohio Valley College of Technology, 5 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 2 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,643. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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