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Most Popular Allied Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

3 Colleges
$36,589 Avg Salary
$27,296 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor's Degree School for You

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 Allied Health Services Bachelor's 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 bachelor's degree programs 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medical assisting majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

#1

Santa Ana College

Santa Ana, CA

Our analysis found Santa Ana College to be the most popular school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Santa Ana, SAC is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in medical assisting at SAC, 17% are male and 83% are female.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, medical assisting graduates from SAC carry an average student debt load of $18,782.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Santa Ana College Report

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Spokane Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular allied health and medical assisting services schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Spokane, Spokane Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Spokane Community College

#3

Highline College

Des Moines, WA

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Highline College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular allied health and medical assisting services schools in the Far Western US Region . Highline is a small public school located in the suburb of Des Moines.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges by State

Explore the best 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

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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