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2023 Best Value Health Aids & Attendants Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$6,737 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies Associate Degree School for You

Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies is the #31 most popular major in the country with 2,374 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Health Aids & Attendants Associate Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for health aids students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health aids majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Health Aids & Attendants

#1

Highline College

Des Moines, WA

Our analysis found Highline College to be the best value school for health aids/attendants/orderlies students who want to pursue a associate degree in the United States. Located in the suburb of Des Moines, Highline is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Highline are $4,813 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Highline also did well on our Best Health Aids & Attendants Associate Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies at Highline College Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Aids & Attendants Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the town of Mount Gay, Southern is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southern are $6,470 per year.

Full Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Report

#3

Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Out of the 3 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Ivy Tech Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Ivy Tech Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Ivy Tech Community College are $8,927 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Ivy Tech Community College also is in the top 10% of our Best Health Aids & Attendants Associate Degree Schools ranking.

Full Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies at Ivy Tech Community College Report

Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies by Region

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

Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Health Aids Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Home Health Aide/Home Attendant 1,041
Medication Aide 664
Health Aide 430
Rehabilitation Aide 121
Other Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies 114
Physical Therapy Technician/Aide 4

Majors Similar to Health Aids

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 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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