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2023 Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

8 Colleges
$23,854 Avg Salary
$11,167 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.

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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular online undergraduate certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named American National University the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. American National University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Salem.

Women make up 95% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

On average, medical assisting graduates from American National University take out $21,509 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Out of the 8 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Herzing University - Atlanta landed the # 2 spot on the list. Herzing University - Atlanta is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, medical assisting graduates from Herzing University - Atlanta carry an average student debtload of $27,398.

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Out of the 8 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Hudson, CCCTI is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 8 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vance-Granville Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Vance-Granville Community College is a small public school located in the distant town of Henderson.

About 92% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 8% are male.

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Out of the 8 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Herzing University - Winter Park landed the # 5 spot on the list. Herzing University - Winter Park is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Winter Park.

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West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online undergraduate certificate allied health and medical assisting services programs. Located in the small city of Morgantown, WVJC Morgantown is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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With a ranking of #7, Herzing University - Birmingham did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Birmingham, Herzing University - Birmingham is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Medical Assisting majors at Herzing University - Birmingham take out an average of $27,398 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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With a ranking of #8, American National University - Lexington did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their online undergraduate certificate. ANU Lexington is a small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Lexington.

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Explore the most popular online allied health and medical assisting services schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 1,996
North Carolina 797
Tennessee 483
Georgia 405
Kentucky 247
West Virginia 326
Virginia 967
Alabama 307
Louisiana 275
Mississippi 171
South Carolina 204
Arkansas 201

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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 8 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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