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2023 Best Value Alternative Medical Support Services Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$15,597 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,302 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Alternative Medical Support Services Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for alternative medical support majors pursuing a .

Best Schools for Affordable Quality in Alternative Medical Support Services

Our analysis found Southwest Wisconsin Technical College to be the best value school for alternative medical support services students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the rural area of Fennimore, Southwest Tech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Southwest Tech are $6,683 a year.

Full Alternative Medical Support Services at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Report

#2

Oakton Community College

Des Plaines, IL

Out of the 4 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Oakton Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Oakton Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Des Plaines.

Oakton Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $12,462 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Oakton Community College also is in the top 10% of our Best Alternative Medical Support Services Schools ranking.

Full Alternative Medical Support Services at Oakton Community College Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maryland University of Integrative Health. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Alternative Medical Support Services Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Laurel, MUIH is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

On average, alternative medical support graduates from MUIH take out $24,625 in student loans while working on their degree.

Read full report on Alternative Medical Support Services at Maryland University of Integrative Health

#4

Bastyr University

Kenmore, WA
$27,645 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bastyr University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Alternative Medical Support Services Schools list. Located in the suburb of Kenmore, Bastyr University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Bastyr University undergraduate students pay an average of $27,645 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Alternative Medical Support Services at Bastyr University

Alternative Medical Support Services by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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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