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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$36,302 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$128,394 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master's Degree School for You

With 84,492 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services is the #10 most popular major in the United States.

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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Allied Health Services Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree 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.

2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the medical assisting master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Allied Health Services

Our analysis found Medical College of Wisconsin to be the best value school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Medical College of Wisconsin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Milwaukee.

Medical College of Wisconsin graduate students pay an average of $30,150 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Medical College of Wisconsin Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at Case Western Reserve University 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 Great Lakes Region . Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cleveland.

Case Western graduate students pay an average of $49,398 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Case Western is ranked #5 for overall quality for medical assisting in the Great Lakes Region .

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Case Western Reserve University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a great value for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

IUPUI graduate students pay an average of $26,529 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Wayne State University is a great value for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their master’s degree. Wayne State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Detroit.

Wayne State graduate students pay an average of $38,667 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Wayne State University

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science is a great value for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of North Chicago, RFUMS is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at RFUMS are $36,765 a year.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Report

Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges by State

Explore the best allied health and medical assisting services colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 720
Ohio 1,466
Michigan 522
Indiana 455
Wisconsin 455

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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