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2023 Most Popular Online Health Aids & Attendants Basic Certificate Schools

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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 Most Popular Online Health Aids & Attendants Basic Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the United States to see which online basic certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies Basic Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Allen County Community College the most popular online school in the United States for health aids/attendants/orderlies students working on their basic certificate. Allen Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Iola.

About 80% of the students majoring in health aids at the school are women while 20% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Cochise County Community College District is a great place for health aids/attendants/orderlies students working on their online basic certificate. Cochise College is a small public school located in the small city of Sierra Vista.

About 88% of the students majoring in health aids at the school are women while 13% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southwestern Oregon Community College is a great place for health aids/attendants/orderlies students working on their online basic certificate. SWOCC is a small public school located in the town of Coos Bay.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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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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