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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

19 Colleges
$6,079 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, health and medical administrative services students earned 988 degrees and certificates from a Virginia school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

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.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in Virginia 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 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Reynolds Community College to be the best value school for health and medical administrative services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Virginia. Reynolds Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Richmond.

Reynolds Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $3,998 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 19 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Mountain Empire Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Big Stone Gap, MECC is a public college with a small student population.

MECC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,710 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

MECC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Virginia Highlands Community College is a great value for health and medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. VHCC is a small public school located in the small suburb of Abingdon.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at VHCC are $4,710 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Danville Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Danville Community College is a small public school located in the town of Danville.

Danville Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Southside Virginia Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and medical administrative services schools in Virginia. Southside Virginia Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Alberta.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southside Virginia Community College are $4,695 per year.

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Wytheville Community College 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 #6 on the list. Located in the distant town of Wytheville, WCC is a public school with a small student population.

WCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,725 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

WCC also made our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #2.

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Northern Virginia Community College 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 #7 on the list. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Annandale.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Virginia Community College are $5,565 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northern Virginia Community College is ranked #5 for overall quality for health and medical administrative services in Virginia.

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Thomas Nelson Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the midsize city of Hampton, TNCC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at TNCC are $4,806 a year.

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With a ranking of #9, Southwest Virginia Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health and medical administrative services students working on their basic certificate. Southwest Virginia is a small public school located in the rural area of Richlands.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southwest Virginia are $4,703 per year.

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Piedmont Virginia Community College

Charlottesville, VA

With a ranking of #10, Piedmont Virginia Community 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 suburb of Charlottesville, PVCC is a public college with a small student population.

PVCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,790 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

PVCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in Virginia list.

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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
Alabama 622
Louisiana 674
Mississippi 459
South Carolina 302
Arkansas 178

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 19 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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