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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$11,056 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Pennsylvania to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for medical assisting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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. 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.

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

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Allied Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named Pennsylvania Institute of Technology the best value school in Pennsylvania for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Pennsylvania Institute of Technology is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Media.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pennsylvania Institute of Technology are $13,905 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania Highlands Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Pennsylvania Highlands is a small public school located in the suburb of Johnstown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pennsylvania Highlands are $8,820 a year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Community College of Philadelphia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health and medical assisting services schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Community College of Philadelphia is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Community College of Philadelphia are $8,688 per year.

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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 #4 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. CCBC is a small public school located in the suburb of Monaca.

CCBC undergraduate students pay an average of $12,810 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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DCI Career Institute

Monaca, PA

Out of the 5 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, DCI Career Institute landed the # 5 spot on the list. DCI Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Monaca.

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

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

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.

  • 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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