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2023 Most Popular Alternative Medical Support Services Basic Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Alternative Medical Support Services Basic Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Alternative Medical Support Services Basic Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the United States 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 Alternative Medical Support Services program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Alternative Medical Support Services Basic Certificate Colleges.

#1

Oakton Community College

Des Plaines, IL

Our analysis found Oakton Community College to be the most popular school for alternative medical support services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the United States. Oakton Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Des Plaines.

Women make up 43% of the alternative medical support majors at the school.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minnesota State College Southeast is a great place for alternative medical support services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the town of Winona, MSC Southeast is a public school with a small student population.

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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 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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