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2023 Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana

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

In 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services students earned 275 degrees and certificates from a Louisiana school, making the subject the 8th 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.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in Louisiana 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 Louisiana

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 Remington College - Shreveport Campus the best school in Louisiana for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Remington College - Shreveport Campus is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Shreveport.

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#2

Compass Career College

Hammond, LA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Compass Career College is a great place for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Hammond, Compass Career College is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Remington College - Lafayette Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, Remington College - Lafayette Campus is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Out of the 13 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern College of Health Vocations, New Orleans landed the # 4 spot on the list. Eastern College of Health Vocations, New Orleans is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of New Orleans.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bossier Parish Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the small city of Bossier City, Bossier Parish Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Delta College - Slidell Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the suburb of Slidell, Delta College - Slidell Campus is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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Delta College of Arts & Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Louisiana ranking. Delta College of Arts & Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

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Learning Bridge Career Institute 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 #8 on the list. Learning Bridge Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Houma.

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#9

Medical Training College

Baton Rouge, LA

Medical Training 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 #9 on the list. Medical Training College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

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Northshore Technical Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate allied health and medical assisting services programs. Located in the rural area of Bogalusa, Northshore Technical College-Sullivan Main Campus is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 1,996
North Carolina 797
Tennessee 483
Kentucky 247
Georgia 405
West Virginia 326
Virginia 967
Alabama 307
Mississippi 171
South Carolina 204
Arkansas 201

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 13 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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