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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

68 Colleges
$7,863 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 68 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for health and medical administrative services students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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.

Top 15% Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Northcentral Technical College to be the best value school for health and medical administrative services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Great Lakes Region . North Central Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Wausau.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at North Central Technical College are $5,415 a year.

North Central Technical College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Madison Area Technical College is a great value for health and medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Madison, Madison College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Madison College are $6,769 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Madison College is ranked #1 for overall quality for health and medical administrative services in the Great Lakes Region .

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Fox Valley Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and medical administrative services schools in the Great Lakes Region . FVTC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Appleton.

FVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,861 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, FVTC also did well on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. NWTC is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Green Bay.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NWTC are $6,849 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, NWTC also is in the top 15% of our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Out of the 68 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Moraine Park Technical College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Moraine Park Technical College is a small public school located in the small city of Fond du Lac.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Moraine Park Technical College are $6,683 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Moraine Park Technical College is ranked #3 for overall quality for health and medical administrative services in the Great Lakes Region .

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

Sinclair Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,076 in tuition and fees each year.

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Oakland Community College

Bloomfield Hills, MI

Oakland Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Oakland Community College are $5,200 per year.

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Lakeshore Technical College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the rural area of Cleveland, LTC is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LTC are $6,056 per year.

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Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. WITC is a small public school located in the rural area of Shell Lake.

WITC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,960 in tuition and fees each year.

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Ivy Tech Community College

Indianapolis, IN

Ivy Tech Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ivy Tech Community College is a very 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.

Ivy Tech Community College also claimed a spot on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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Chippewa Valley Technical College landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate health and medical administrative services programs. Located in the city of Eau Claire, CVTC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

CVTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,683 in tuition and fees each year.

CVTC also claimed a spot on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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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 Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.

Rank College Location
12 Western Technical College La Crosse, WI
13 Stark State College North Canton, OH

Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health and medical administrative services schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,726
Ohio 1,578
Michigan 1,103
Indiana 1,799
Wisconsin 534

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.

  • 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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