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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$10,363 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,489 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services students earned 204 degrees and certificates from a South Carolina school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in South Carolina 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. 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.

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

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

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

Best South Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Allied Health Services

#1

Trident Technical College

Charleston, SC

Our analysis found Trident Technical College to be the best value school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a associate degree in South Carolina. Trident Technical College is a large public school located in the city of Charleston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Trident Technical College are $5,143 per year.

Trident Technical College also made our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina list, coming in at #1.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Greenville Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the city of Greenville, GTC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

GTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,186 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, medical assisting graduates from GTC carry an average student debtload of $23,070.

GTC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina list.

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The excellent associate degree programs at Horry-Georgetown Technical 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 South Carolina. Located in the city of Conway, Horry-Georgetown Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Horry-Georgetown Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,356 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, medical assisting graduates from Horry-Georgetown Technical College carry an average student debtload of $19,146.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina list. OCtech is a small public school located in the rural area of Orangeburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at OCtech are $5,714 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, medical assisting majors at OCtech accumulate an average of around $20,309 in student debt.

OCtech also took the #5 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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#5

Piedmont Technical College

Greenwood, SC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Piedmont Technical College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the distant town of Greenwood, Piedmont Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Piedmont Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,315 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, medical assisting graduates from Piedmont Technical College take out $20,339 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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#6

Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC

Midlands Technical College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health and medical assisting services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #6 on the list. MTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of West Columbia.

MTC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,916 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their Associate Degree, medical assisting graduates from MTC carry an average student debtload of $26,689.

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South University, Columbia ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the large suburb of Columbia, South University, Columbia is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at South University, Columbia are $18,000 a year. On average, medical assisting graduates from South University, Columbia take out $31,872 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $165, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

South University, Columbia also took the #2 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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Southeastern College - Columbia came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in South Carolina ranking. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Southeastern College - Columbia is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Southeastern College - Columbia undergraduate students pay an average of $21,320 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Southeastern College - Charleston

North Charleston, SC

Southeastern College - Charleston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health and medical assisting services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of North Charleston, Southeastern College - Charleston is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Southeastern College - Charleston undergraduate students pay an average of $21,320 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools 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
Louisiana 275
Mississippi 171
Alabama 307
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

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 9 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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