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2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

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

In 2020-2021, 84,492 allied health and medical assisting services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Most Popular Allied Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Pima Medical Institute - Tucson the most popular school in the Southwest Region for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Tucson, PMI Tucson is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 47 students majoring in medical assisting at PMI Tucson, 32% are male and 68% are female.

While working on their Bachelor's Degree, medical assisting majors at PMI Tucson accumulate an average of around $34,353 in student debt.

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#2

Rogers State University

Claremore, OK

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Rogers State University 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 Southwest Region . RSU is a small public school located in the town of Claremore.

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

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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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,416
Arizona 373
Oklahoma 289
New Mexico 177

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 2 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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