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2023 Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut

7 Colleges
$32,489 Avg Salary
$22,312 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services students earned 390 degrees and certificates from a Connecticut school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Connecticut to see which ones offered the best associate degree programs for healthcare students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Colleges.

Top Connecticut Schools for an Associate in Allied Health Services

Our analysis found Naugatuck Valley Community College to be the best school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Connecticut. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury, Naugatuck Valley Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Naugatuck Valley Community College take out while working on their Associate Degree is $23,189.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Manchester Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health and medical assisting services schools in Connecticut. MCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Manchester.

While working on their Associate Degree, medical assisting majors at MCC accumulate an average of around $16,479 in student debt.

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#3

Goodwin College

East Hartford, CT

Out of the 7 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Goodwin College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Goodwin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of East Hartford.

The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Goodwin take out while working on their Associate Degree is $31,352.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Capital Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health and medical assisting services schools in Connecticut. Capital Community College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Hartford.

After completing their Associate Degree, medical assisting graduates from Capital Community College carry an average student debtload of $13,598.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Norwalk Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut list. NCC is a small public school located in the small city of Norwalk.

On average, medical assisting graduates from NCC take out $20,518 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Three Rivers Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health and medical assisting services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Norwich, Three Rivers Community College is a public college with a small student population.

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Northwestern Connecticut Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Located in the fringe town of Winsted, NCCC is a public school with a small student population.

While working on their Associate Degree, medical assisting majors at NCCC accumulate an average of around $10,544 in student debt.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 202
New Hampshire 39
Maine 118
Vermont 14
Rhode Island 96

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

Medical Assisting Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Medical/Clinical Assistant 56,466
Physical Therapy Assistant 7,420
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant 7,393
Occupational Therapist Assistant 4,848
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services 3,493
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) 3,031
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant 709
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant 365
Anesthesiologist Assistant 327
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant 189
Radiologist Assistant 109
Pathology/Pathologist Assistant 97
Lactation Consultant 45

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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