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2023 Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate School for You

With 84,492 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services is the #10 most popular major in the United States.

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The Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for healthcare students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for medical assisting majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Top 10 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education the best school in the Middle Atlantic Region for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Piscataway, AIMS Education is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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ASI Career Institute

Turnersville, NJ

Out of the 16 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, ASI Career Institute landed the # 2 spot on the list. ASI Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Turnersville.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Medical Career Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health and medical assisting services schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Ocean, Medical Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#4

Access Careers

Hempstead, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Access Careers. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Hempstead, Access Careers is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#5

DCI Career Institute

Monaca, PA

The excellent basic certificate programs at DCI Career Institute helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health and medical assisting services schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . DCI Career Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Monaca.

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Union County College

Cranford, NJ

Union County College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health and medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Cranford, Union County College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Pennsylvania Institute of Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health and medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Pennsylvania Institute of Technology is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Media.

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Prism Career Institute, West Atlantic City ranked #8 on this year’s Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of West Atlantic City, Prism Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Prism Career Institute, Cherry Hill came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Prism Career Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Cherry Hill.

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Center for Instruction Technology & Innovation did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health and medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. CiTi is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of Mexico.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges by State

Explore the best allied health and medical assisting services colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,660
Pennsylvania 1,056
Maryland 244
New Jersey 347
District of Columbia 7
Delaware 76

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, allied health and medical assisting services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Assisting Focus Areas

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 16 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).

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