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2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alaska

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$23,854 Avg Salary
$11,167 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Alaska. With 49 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Most Popular Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Alaska ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alaska to see which undergraduate 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.

Check out the medical assisting undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Alaska.

#1

Alaska Career College

Anchorage, AK

Our analysis found Alaska Career College to be the most popular school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Alaska. Alaska Career College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Anchorage.

Women make up 92% of the medical assisting majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Alaska Career College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $10,021.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Alaska Career College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Alaska Fairbanks is a great place for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Fairbanks, UAF is a public college with a moderately-sized 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 University of Alaska Fairbanks Report

Out of the 3 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Southeast landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Juneau, UAS is a public college with a small student population.

On average, medical assisting graduates from UAS take out $16,119 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at University of Alaska Southeast

Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 91
California 1,430
Washington 734
Nevada 188
Hawaii 65

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

Majors Similar to Medical Assisting

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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