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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$4,619 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,410 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Health & Medical Administrative Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Arkansas. With 178 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Arkansas to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for health and medical administrative services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found South Arkansas Community College to be the best value school for health and medical administrative services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Arkansas. SouthArk is a small public school located in the remote town of El Dorado.

SouthArk undergraduate students pay an average of $3,012 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, health and medical administrative services majors at SouthArk accumulate an average of around $20,542 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, SouthArk is ranked #5 for overall quality for health and medical administrative services in Arkansas.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at NorthWest Arkansas Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and medical administrative services schools in Arkansas. Located in the small city of Bentonville, NWACC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NWACC are $4,096 per year. The average amount in student loans that health and medical administrative services majors at NWACC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $21,654.

NWACC also made our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #4.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University - Mountain Home is a great value for health and medical administrative services students working on their undergraduate certificate. ASUMH is a small public school located in the rural area of Mountain Home.

ASUMH undergraduate students pay an average of $2,904 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Arkansas State University Three Rivers helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and medical administrative services schools in Arkansas. ASU Three Rivers is a small public school located in the fringe town of Malvern.

ASU Three Rivers undergraduate students pay an average of $3,458 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the small city of North Little Rock, UA Pulaski Tech is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UA Pulaski Tech are $5,670 a year.

UA Pulaski Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list.

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University of Arkansas Rich Mountain ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the remote town of Mena, UA Rich Mountain is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA Rich Mountain are $3,576 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, Arkansas State University - Beebe did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health and medical administrative services students working on their undergraduate certificate. ASU-Beebe is a small public school located in the town of Beebe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASU-Beebe are $2,928 a year.

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Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

Arkansas Tech University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. Located in the town of Russellville, ATU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ATU are $7,900 per year.

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University of Arkansas at Monticello landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate health and medical administrative services programs. Located in the town of Monticello, UAM is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UAM are $8,029 per year.

Read full report on Health & Medical Administrative Services at University of Arkansas at Monticello

Blue Cliff College - Fayetteville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health and medical administrative services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Blue Cliff College - Fayetteville is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Fayetteville.

On average, health and medical administrative services graduates from Blue Cliff College - Fayetteville take out $18,017 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Full Health & Medical Administrative Services at Blue Cliff College - Fayetteville Report

Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 8,048
North Carolina 2,189
Tennessee 479
Georgia 1,116
Kentucky 482
West Virginia 435
Virginia 988
Alabama 622
Louisiana 674
Mississippi 459
South Carolina 302

Health & Medical Administrative Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Health Care Management 31,436
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder 10,149
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician 9,664
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller 8,186
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary 8,049
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist 4,894
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management 4,391
Medical Office Management/Administration 3,564
Health Information Management 3,317
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services 2,245
Medical/Health Management & Clinical Assistant/Specialist 1,180
Medical Reception/Receptionist 781
Long Term Care Administration/Management 353
Clinical Research Coordinator 344
Medical Office Computer Specialist/Assistant 224
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist 198
Healthcare Innovation 183
Health Unit Coordinator/Ward Clerk 94
Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician 26
Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor 22
Health/Medical Claims Examiner 15
Disease Registry Data Management 8
Healthcare Information Privacy Assurance and Security 7

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • 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.

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