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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Montana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,107 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,489 Avg Salary

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

With 31 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services is the #12 most popular major in Montana.

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

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 Montana ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Montana 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Montana the best value school in Montana for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UM are $7,492 per year.

UM also took the #3 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Montana rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Flathead Valley Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Montana list. Located in the rural area of Kalispell, Flathead Valley Community College is a public school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Flathead Valley Community College are $6,721 per year. Medical Assisting majors at Flathead Valley Community College take out an average of $24,002 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Flathead Valley Community College also made our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Montana list, coming in at #5.

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Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 263
Utah 157
Idaho 185
Wyoming 39

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 2 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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