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Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Basic Certificate 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 basic certificate programs 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 basic certificate.

Our analysis found University of Alaska Anchorage to be the most popular school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue an online basic certificate in the Far Western US Region . UAA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Anchorage.

Women make up 83% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

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San Bernardino Valley College

San Bernardino, CA

Out of the 3 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Bernardino Valley College landed the # 2 spot on the list. San Bernardino Valley College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of San Bernardino.

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Out of the 3 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oregon Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Coos Bay, SWOCC is a public college with a small student population.

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Explore the most popular online allied health and medical assisting services schools 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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