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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Oregon

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$5,468 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,489 Avg Salary

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

With 91 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services is the #16 most popular major in Oregon.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Oregon ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Oregon to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for medical assisting students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for medical assisting majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Allied Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named Mt. Hood Community College the best value school in Oregon for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. MHCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Gresham.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MHCC are $5,013 per year. Medical Assisting majors at MHCC take out an average of $22,914 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lane Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Oregon list. Lane Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Eugene.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lane Community College are $5,333 per year. On average, medical assisting graduates from Lane Community College take out $23,130 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Linn-Benton Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health and medical assisting services schools in Oregon. Located in the city of Albany, LBCC is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LBCC are $5,675 per year. On average, medical assisting graduates from LBCC take out $20,284 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Chemeketa Community College is a great value for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Salem, Chemeketa Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Chemeketa Community College are $5,850 a year.

Chemeketa Community College also took the #4 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Oregon rankings.

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Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,430
Washington 734
Nevada 188
Hawaii 65
Alaska 49

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

Majors Similar to Medical Assisting

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 4 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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