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2023 Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 89,359 health and medical administrative services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 65 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for healthcare students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the health and medical administrative services basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named CCI Training Center, Arlington the best school in the Southwest Region for health and medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Arlington, CCI Training Center is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McLennan Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. MCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Waco.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regional Center for Border Health. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Regional Center for Border Health is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Yuma.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Remington College - Dallas Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Remington College - Dallas Campus is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Garland.

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With a ranking of #6, GateWay Community College did quite well on this year’s best schools for health and medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. GateWay Community College is a small public school located in the city of Phoenix.

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Collin County Community College District ranked #7 on this year’s Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Collin County Community College District is a very large public school located in the suburb of McKinney.

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Remington College - Fort Worth Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate health and medical administrative services programs. Remington College - Fort Worth Campus is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Worth.

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GateWay Community College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best basic certificate health and medical administrative services programs. GateWay Community College is a fairly small public school located in the large city of Phoenix.

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Tarrant County College District did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health and medical administrative services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Tarrant County College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
11 Midland College Midland, TX
12 Brookline College - Phoenix Phoenix, AZ
13 Pima Medical Institute - El Paso El Paso, TX

Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health and medical administrative services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,598
Arizona 3,817
Oklahoma 454
New Mexico 67

Health & Medical Administrative Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Health Care Management 31,436
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder 10,149
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician 9,664
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller 8,186
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary 8,049
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist 4,894
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management 4,391
Medical Office Management/Administration 3,564
Health Information Management 3,317
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services 2,245
Medical/Health Management & Clinical Assistant/Specialist 1,180
Medical Reception/Receptionist 781
Long Term Care Administration/Management 353
Clinical Research Coordinator 344
Medical Office Computer Specialist/Assistant 224
Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist 198
Healthcare Innovation 183
Health Unit Coordinator/Ward Clerk 94
Medical Staff Services Technology/Technician 26
Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor 22
Health/Medical Claims Examiner 15
Disease Registry Data Management 8
Healthcare Information Privacy Assurance and Security 7

Majors Similar to Health & Medical Administrative Services

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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