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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

65 Colleges
$5,762 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. 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.

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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 65 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for health and medical administrative services students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 McLennan Community College to be the best value school for health and medical administrative services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southwest Region . MCC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Waco.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,910 in tuition and fees each year.

MCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#2

College of the Mainland

Texas City, TX

The excellent basic certificate programs at College of the Mainland helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and medical administrative services schools in the Southwest Region . COM is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Texas City.

COM undergraduate students pay an average of $3,873 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 65 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Collin County Community College District landed the # 3 spot on the list. Collin County Community College District is a very large public school located in the midsize suburb of McKinney.

Collin County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $5,104 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Midland College

Midland, TX

Out of the 65 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Midland College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Midland, Midland College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Midland College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,880 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Lee College

Baytown, TX

Lee 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 small city of Baytown, Lee College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Lee College are $4,302 a year.

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El Centro College

Dallas, TX

El Centro 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. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at El Centro College are $6,000 per year.

El Centro College also claimed a spot on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Houston 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 #8 on the list. Houston Community College is a very large public school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Houston Community College are $5,460 a year.

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Wharton County Junior College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate health and medical administrative services programs. Located in the town of Wharton, Wharton County Junior College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wharton County Junior College are $4,872 per year.

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#10

Tyler Junior College

Tyler, TX

With a ranking of #10, Tyler Junior 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 city of Tyler, Tyler Junior College is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Tyler Junior College are $4,440 a year.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Health/Medical Admin Services students in the Southwest Region seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region award.

Rank College Location
11 GateWay Community College Phoenix, AZ
12 Temple College Temple, TX
13 San Juan College Farmington, NM

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.

  • 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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