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2023 Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida

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

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Florida. With 1,996 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Florida to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medical assisting majors pursuing an online associate degree.

Our analysis found Ultimate Medical Academy - Clearwater to be the most popular school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue an online associate degree in Florida. UMA Clearwater is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Clearwater.

Of the 253 students majoring in medical assisting at UMA Clearwater, 6% are male and 94% are female.

The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at UMA Clearwater take out while working on their Associate Degree is $22,881.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Herzing University - Winter Park helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health and medical assisting services schools in Florida. Herzing University - Winter Park is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Winter Park.

Women make up 54% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

While working on their Associate Degree, medical assisting majors at Herzing University - Winter Park accumulate an average of around $30,954 in student debt.

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Out of the 3 online programs at schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Rasmussen University - Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. Rasmussen University - Florida is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Ocala.

About 64% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 36% are male.

The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Rasmussen University - Florida take out while working on their Associate Degree is $26,383.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 797
Tennessee 483
Kentucky 247
Georgia 405
West Virginia 326
Virginia 967
Alabama 307
Louisiana 275
Mississippi 171
South Carolina 204
Arkansas 201

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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