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2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$18,647 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate School for You

Allied Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Pennsylvania. With 2,804 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for allied health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Allied Health Professions

Our 2023 rankings named Community College of Allegheny County the best value school in Pennsylvania for allied health professions students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCAC are $8,323 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bucks County Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Bucks County Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Newtown.

Bucks County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,098 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northampton County Area Community College is a great value for allied health professions students working on their basic certificate. Northampton Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Bethlehem.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northampton Community College are $10,350 per year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the suburb of Lancaster, PA College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at PA College are $29,922 per year.

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#5

Gannon University

Erie, PA

The excellent basic certificate programs at Gannon University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Erie, Gannon is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gannon are $35,541 per year.

Gannon also took the #4 spot in our Best Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.

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With a ranking of #6, All-State Career School - Lester did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health professions students working on their basic certificate. All-State Career School - Lester is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lester.

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Best Value Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,882
Maryland 562
New Jersey 880
District of Columbia 113
Delaware 97

Allied Health Professions is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Allied Health Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) 26,641
Physician Assistant 11,351
Radiologic Technology 9,790
Surgical Technology 7,583
Respiratory Care Therapy 6,845
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician 5,396
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy 4,850
Athletic Training 3,767
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions 1,911
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist 1,405
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist 619
Electrocardiograph Technology/Technician 568
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology 525
Electroneurodiagnostic/Electroencephalographic Technology/Technologist 379
Polysomnography 302
Perfusion Technology/Perfusionist 138
Mammography Technician/Technology 69
Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician 51
Cardiopulmonary Technology 40
Hearing Instrument Specialist 32
Gene/Genetic Therapy 31
Orthopedic Technology 15

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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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