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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

54 Colleges
$7,274 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 84,492 allied health and medical assisting services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 54 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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.

Top 10 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Clovis Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Clovis Community College is a small public school located in the town of Clovis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Clovis Community College are $2,984 a year.

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#2

Panola College

Carthage, TX

The excellent basic certificate programs at Panola College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health and medical assisting services schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the distant town of Carthage, Panola College is a public school with a small student population.

Panola College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,680 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Panola College is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#3

Central Arizona College

Coolidge, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Arizona College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the rural area of Coolidge, Pinal County Community College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pinal County Community College are $5,160 a year.

Pinal County Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#4

College of the Mainland

Texas City, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of the Mainland. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. COM is a small public school located in the suburb of Texas City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at COM are $3,873 a year.

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#5

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, TX

Out of the 54 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Texas Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Mount Pleasant, NTCC is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NTCC are $6,449 a year.

NTCC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#6

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

Amarillo College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health and medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Amarillo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Amarillo College are $4,704 per year.

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Houston Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Houston Community College are $5,460 per year.

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#8

San Juan College

Farmington, NM

San Juan College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the small city of Farmington, SJC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

SJC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,546 in tuition and fees each year.

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Cochise County Community College District did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health and medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Cochise College is a small public school located in the small city of Sierra Vista.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cochise College are $6,240 a year.

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El Paso Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at El Paso Community College are $5,314 a year.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges by State

Explore the best allied health and medical assisting services schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,416
Arizona 373
Oklahoma 289
New Mexico 177

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 25 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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