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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,152 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,148 Avg Salary

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

With 7 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services is the #18 most popular major in District of Columbia.

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

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in District of Columbia

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Allied Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named University of the District of Columbia the best value school in District of Columbia for allied health and medical assisting services students. Located in the large city of Washington, University of the District of Columbia is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of the District of Columbia are $6,152 per year.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at University of the District of Columbia Report

#2

Career Technical Institute

Washington, DC

Out of the 2 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Career Technical Institute landed the # 2 spot on the list. Career Technical Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Career Technical Institute take out is $10,802.

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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 Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,660
Pennsylvania 1,056
Maryland 244
New Jersey 347
Delaware 76

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 2 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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