2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate 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.
The Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 27 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate 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. 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.
Top 10 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Montgomery County Community College the best value school in Pennsylvania for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Montco is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Blue Bell.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Montco are $10,350 a year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Montco take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $13,290.
Montco did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Harrisburg Area Community 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 Pennsylvania. Located in the small city of Harrisburg, HACC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at HACC are $8,295 a year. On average, medical assisting graduates from HACC take out $17,733 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Laurel Business Institute 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. LBI is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Uniontown.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LBI are $10,970 per year.
LBI did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.
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Out of the 27 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Northampton County Area Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Bethlehem, Northampton Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northampton Community College are $10,350 per year.
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Out of the 27 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Community College of Allegheny County landed the # 5 spot on the list. CCAC is a large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
CCAC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,323 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Bucks County Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the rural area of Newtown, Bucks County Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bucks County Community College are $9,098 per year.
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With a ranking of #6, Penn Commercial Business/Technical School did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Penn Commercial is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Washington.
Penn Commercial undergraduate students pay an average of $12,075 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Laurel Technical Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health and medical assisting services students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the rural area of MEADVILLE, LTI - Meadville is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LTI - Meadville are $10,582 per year.
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With a ranking of #9, Laurel Technical Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. LTI Sharon is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Sharon.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LTI Sharon are $11,028 a year.
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Pennsylvania College of Technology ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the small city of Williamsport, Penn College is a public college with a small student population.
Penn College undergraduate students pay an average of $17,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 1,660 |
Maryland | 244 |
New Jersey | 347 |
District of Columbia | 7 |
Delaware | 76 |
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Majors Related to Medical Assisting
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
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 27 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.