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Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which basic certificate 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Colleges.

#1

Advantage Career Institute

Eatontown, NJ

Our analysis found Advantage Career Institute to be the most popular school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Advantage Career Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Eatontown.

Of the 131 students majoring in medical assisting at Advantage Career Institute, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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ASI Career Institute

Turnersville, NJ

Our analysis found ASI Career Institute to be the most popular school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . ASI Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Turnersville.

Of the 131 students majoring in medical assisting at ASI Career Institute, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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Out of the 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Piscataway, AIMS Education is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 50 students majoring in medical assisting at AIMS Education, 8% are male and 92% are female.

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#4

Access Careers

Hempstead, NY

Out of the 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Access Careers landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Hempstead, Access Careers is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

About 86% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 14% are male.

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Out of the 26 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Prism Career Institute, West Atlantic City landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of West Atlantic City, Prism Career Institute is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 47 students majoring in medical assisting at Prism Career Institute, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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Prism Career Institute, Cherry Hill came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Prism Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Cherry Hill.

About 97% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 3% are male.

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#7

DCI Career Institute

Monaca, PA

DCI Career Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for allied health and medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. DCI Career Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Monaca.

About 96% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 4% are male.

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Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES is a fairly small public school located in the suburb of Liverpool.

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With a ranking of #9, Erie Institute of Technology Inc did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Erie Institute of Technology Inc is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Erie.

Women make up 86% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #10, New Community Career & Technical Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. NCCTI is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Newark.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 1,660
Pennsylvania 1,056
Maryland 244
New Jersey 347
District of Columbia 7
Delaware 76

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 26 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).

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