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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$3,870 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,854 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services students earned 118 degrees and certificates from a Maine school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Maine to see which undergraduate certificate 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine

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

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Allied Health Services

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Maine Community College the best value school in Maine for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Bangor, Eastern Maine Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Eastern Maine Community College are $3,865 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Eastern Maine Community College is ranked #2 for overall quality for medical assisting in Maine.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Eastern Maine Community College Report

#2

Southern Maine Community College

South Portland, ME

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Southern Maine 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 Maine. Located in the small city of South Portland, SMCC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMCC are $3,874 per year.

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#3

Beal College

Bangor, ME

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Beal College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Located in the city of Bangor, Beal College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Beal College also made our Best Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Maine list, coming in at #3.

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#3

Northeast Technical Institute

Scarborough, ME

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northeast Technical Institute is a great value for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Northeast Technical Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Scarborough.

The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Northeast Technical Institute take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $12,433. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $102, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Northeast Technical Institute

Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 202
Connecticut 390
New Hampshire 39
Vermont 14
Rhode Island 96

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 4 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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