2024 Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools in California

Medical Office Assistant/Specialist is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #503 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 11 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for medical office assistant/specialist students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 663 degrees in medical office assistant/specialist during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Medical Office Assistant/Specialist School

Your choice of medical office assistant/specialist school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medical office assistant/specialist schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Medical Office Assistant/Specialist in California

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the medical office assistant/specialist degree levels they offer.

10 Top California Schools in Medical Office Assistant/Specialist

1

San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia
Visalia, CA

Undergraduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

6th Most Popular In CA

Any student pursuing a degree in medical office assistant/specialist needs to take a look at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia. Located in the rural area of Visalia, San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia is a private for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #406 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia is a great college overall.

There were roughly 23 medical office assistant/specialist students who graduated with this degree at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia in the most recent data year.

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2

San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula
Temecula, CA

San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in medical office assistant/specialist. is a small private for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Temecula.More information about a degree in medical office assistant/specialist from San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula

3

San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario
Ontario, CA

San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in medical office assistant/specialist. is a small private for-profit college located in the midsize city of Ontario.More information about a degree in medical office assistant/specialist from San Joaquin Valley College-Ontario

4

San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA

San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in medical office assistant/specialist. Located in the city of Bakersfield, is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a degree in medical office assistant/specialist from San Joaquin Valley College-Bakersfield

5

San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno
Fresno, CA

is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the city of Fresno.More information about a degree in medical office assistant/specialist from San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno

6

San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto
Salida, CA

is a small private for-profit college located in the large suburb of Salida.More information about a degree in medical office assistant/specialist from San Joaquin Valley College-Modesto

7

Platt College - Riverside
Riverside, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In CA

Platt College - Riverside is a small private for-profit college located in the large city of Riverside. This college ranks 163rd out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.

There were about 21 medical office assistant/specialist students who graduated with this degree at Platt College - Riverside in the most recent year we have data available.

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8

Platt College - Los Angeles
Alhambra, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In CA

48.1% Growth in Graduates

Platt College - Los Angeles is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the large suburb of Alhambra.

There were about 27 medical office assistant/specialist students who graduated with this degree at Platt College - Los Angeles in the most recent year we have data available.

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9

Platt College - Ontario
Ontario, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

3rd Most Popular In CA

52.9% Growth in Graduates

Located in the midsize city of Ontario, Platt College - Ontario is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population. This college ranks 162nd out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.

There were approximately 17 medical office assistant/specialist students who graduated with this degree at Platt College - Ontario in the most recent year we have data available.

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Platt College - Anaheim
Anaheim, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

4th Most Popular In CA

Located in the large city of Anaheim, Platt College - Anaheim is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

There were approximately 9 medical office assistant/specialist students who graduated with this degree at Platt College - Anaheim in the most recent data year.

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Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	831	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical Office Assistant/Specialist

Medical Office Assistant/Specialist is one of 23 different types of Health & Medical Administrative Services programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Medical Office Assistant/Specialist

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health Care Management	2,129
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	1,086
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	974
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller	801
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	414
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	343
Health Information Management	135
Medical/Health Management & Clinical Assistant/Specialist	110
Medical Reception/Receptionist	60
Medical Office Management/Administration	49

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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.