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2023 Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Pennsylvania. With 1,056 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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 Allied Health Services 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 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best basic certificate 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 Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Top Pennsylvania Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Allied Health Services

#1

DCI Career Institute

Monaca, PA

Our analysis found DCI Career Institute to be the best school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Pennsylvania. DCI Career Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Monaca.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Pennsylvania Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Media.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Community College of Beaver County. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. CCBC is a small public school located in the suburb of Monaca.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Pennsylvania Highlands Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Pennsylvania Highlands is a small public school located in the small suburb of Johnstown.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Community College of Philadelphia. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Community College of Philadelphia is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,660
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 5 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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