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2023 Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

3 Colleges
$32,489 Avg Salary
$22,312 Avg Student Debt

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.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Carrington College, Sacramento the most popular online school in the Far Western US Region for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Carrington College, Sacramento is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Sacramento.

While working on their Associate Degree, medical assisting majors at Carrington College, Sacramento accumulate an average of around $23,218 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $111.

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#2

Stanbridge University

Irvine, CA

Out of the 3 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanbridge University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Stanbridge is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

Women make up 68% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

Medical Assisting majors at Stanbridge take out an average of $30,645 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $276, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is a great place for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their online associate degree. Located in the medium-sized city of San Mateo, Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 22 students majoring in medical assisting at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts, 59% are male and 41% are female.

After completing their Associate Degree, medical assisting graduates from Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts carry an average student debtload of $21,007.

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Explore the most popular online allied health and medical assisting services colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 91
California 1,430
Washington 734
Nevada 188
Hawaii 65
Alaska 49

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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 3 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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