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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$5,732 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate 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 Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in South Carolina to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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.

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

#1

Trident Technical College

Charleston, SC

Our 2023 rankings named Trident Technical College the best value school in South Carolina for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Trident Technical College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Charleston.

Trident Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,143 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Trident Technical College also took the #1 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina rankings.

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#2

Spartanburg Community College

Spartanburg, SC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Spartanburg Community College is a great value for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Spartanburg Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Spartanburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Spartanburg Community College are $6,030 a year.

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#3

Aiken Technical College

Graniteville, SC

The excellent basic certificate programs at Aiken 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. Aiken Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Graniteville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Aiken Technical College are $5,306 a year.

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#4

York Technical College

Rock Hill, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend York Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the small city of Rock Hill, York Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

York Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate 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.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, OCtech is ranked #3 for overall quality for medical assisting in South Carolina.

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#6

Midlands Technical College

West Columbia, SC

Midlands Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health and medical assisting services programs. MTC is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of West Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MTC are $5,916 a year.

MTC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina list.

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Technical College of the Lowcountry landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health and medical assisting services programs. Located in the town of Beaufort, TCL is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TCL are $5,740 per year.

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Central Carolina Technical College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in South Carolina list. Located in the city of Sumter, Central Carolina is a public college with a small student population.

Central Carolina undergraduate students pay an average of $6,594 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
Alabama 307
Louisiana 275
Mississippi 171
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 8 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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