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2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut

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

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services students earned 390 degrees and certificates from a Connecticut school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Connecticut to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services program at each school on the list.

Check out the medical assisting associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Connecticut.

#1

Goodwin College

East Hartford, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Goodwin College the most popular school in Connecticut for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Goodwin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of East Hartford.

Women make up 81% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Goodwin take out while working on their Associate Degree is $31,352.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Naugatuck Valley Community College is a great place for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury, Naugatuck Valley Community College is a public school with a small student population.

About 52% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 48% are male.

Medical Assisting majors at Naugatuck Valley Community College take out an average of $23,189 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Naugatuck Valley Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Manchester Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut list. MCC is a small public school located in the suburb of Manchester.

Women make up 91% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

Medical Assisting majors at MCC take out an average of $16,479 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Asnuntuck Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the large suburb of Enfield, ACC is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 89% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Housatonic Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the medium-sized city of Bridgeport, Housatonic Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 88% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

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The in-demand associate degree programs at Norwalk Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular allied health and medical assisting services schools in Connecticut. NCC is a small public school located in the city of Norwalk.

About 71% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 29% are male.

After completing their Associate Degree, medical assisting graduates from NCC carry an average student debt load of $20,518.

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Capital Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. Capital Community College is a small public school located in the midsize city of Hartford.

While working on their Associate Degree, medical assisting majors at Capital Community College accumulate an average of around $13,598 in student debt.

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With a ranking of #8, Three Rivers Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Norwich, Three Rivers Community College is a public school with a small student population.

About 89% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 11% are male.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Three Rivers Community College Report

Quinebaug Valley Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree allied health and medical assisting services programs. Located in the suburb of Danielson, QVCC is a public college with a small student population.

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Northwestern Connecticut Community College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular associate degree allied health and medical assisting services programs. Located in the town of Winsted, NCCC is a public school with a small student population.

On average, medical assisting graduates from NCCC take out $10,544 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 202
New Hampshire 39
Maine 118
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 10 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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