2023 Best Value Alternative Medical Support Services Schools
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Alternative Medical Support Services School for You
Alternative Medical Support Services is the #29 most popular major in the country with 227 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Value Alternative Medical Support Services Schools ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for alternative medical support students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality in Alternative Medical Support Services
Our 2023 rankings named Southwest Wisconsin Technical College the best value school in the United States for alternative medical support services students. Located in the rural area of Fennimore, Southwest Tech is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Tech are $6,683 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakton Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Alternative Medical Support Services Schools list. Oakton Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Des Plaines.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Oakton Community College are $12,462 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Oakton Community College also did well on our Best Alternative Medical Support Services Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent programs at Maryland University of Integrative Health helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best alternative medical support services schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Laurel, MUIH is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
On average, alternative medical support graduates from MUIH take out $24,625 in student loans while working on their degree.
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The excellent programs at Bastyr University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best alternative medical support services schools in the United States. Located in the suburb of Kenmore, Bastyr University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bastyr University are $27,645 per year.
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Alternative Medical Support Services Related Majors for Alternative Medical Support
Alternative Medical Support Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Alternative Medical Support Focus Areas
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Other Alternative and Complementary Medical Support Services | 138 |
| Direct Entry Midwifery | 89 |
Majors Similar to Alternative Medical Support
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 322,592 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 89,359 |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 84,492 |
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
| Allied Health Professions | 82,308 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 4 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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