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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$4,440 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Health & Medical Administrative Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Arkansas. With 178 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Arkansas 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

Top 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found South Arkansas Community College to be the best value school for health and medical administrative services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Arkansas. SouthArk is a small public school located in the remote town of El Dorado.

SouthArk undergraduate students pay an average of $3,012 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University Three Rivers is a great value for health and medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. ASU Three Rivers is a small public school located in the town of Malvern.

ASU Three Rivers undergraduate students pay an average of $3,458 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ASU Three Rivers also took the #5 spot in our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas is a great value for health and medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the rural area of Helena, Phillips County Community College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Phillips County Community College are $3,410 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas Rich Mountain. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the town of Mena, UA Rich Mountain is a public college with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA Rich Mountain are $3,576 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arkansas State University - Mountain Home. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. ASUMH is a small public school located in the rural area of Mountain Home.

ASUMH undergraduate students pay an average of $2,904 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health and medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the small city of North Little Rock, UA Pulaski Tech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UA Pulaski Tech are $5,670 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UA Pulaski Tech is ranked #1 for overall quality for health and medical administrative services in Arkansas.

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Black River Technical College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. Located in the rural area of Pocahontas, Black River Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Black River Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,118 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Arkansas State University - Beebe came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. ASU-Beebe is a small public school located in the fringe town of Beebe.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU-Beebe are $2,928 per year.

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North Arkansas College

Harrison, AR

North Arkansas College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Northark is a small public school located in the town of Harrison.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Northark are $3,840 a year.

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Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

With a ranking of #10, Arkansas Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health and medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the remote town of Russellville, ATU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ATU are $7,900 per year.

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Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 8,048
North Carolina 2,189
Tennessee 479
Kentucky 482
Georgia 1,116
West Virginia 435
Virginia 988
Alabama 622
Louisiana 674
Mississippi 459
South Carolina 302

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

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 11 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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