2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduate Certificate School for You
With 89,359 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health and medical administrative services is the #2 most popular major in the United States.
Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Columbia Southern University to be the best value school for health and medical administrative services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Columbia Southern University is a large private for-profit school located in the town of Orange Beach.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia Southern University are $4,035 per year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Lynchburg. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Lynchburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.
Lynchburg graduate students pay an average of $11,759 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Lynchburg also is in the top 15% of our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pfeiffer University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the rural area of Misenheimer, Pfeiffer University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Pfeiffer University graduate students pay an average of $12,240 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UAMS is a small public school located in the midsize city of Little Rock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAMS are $17,652 per year.
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Out of the 29 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mercer University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Mercer is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Macon.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mercer are $15,544 per year.
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East Carolina University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. ECU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Greenville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ECU are $20,743 a year.
ECU also claimed a spot on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Shepherd University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the fringe town of Shepherdstown, Shepherd University is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Shepherd University are $12,906 per year.
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Brenau University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Brenau is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Gainesville.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Brenau are $13,940 per year.
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With a ranking of #9, Belhaven University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health and medical administrative services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Jackson, Belhaven is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Belhaven are $10,980 a year.
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Augusta University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Augusta University graduate students pay an average of $20,712 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Augusta University is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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Request InformationBest Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges by State
Explore the best health and medical administrative services colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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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 |
Arkansas | 178 |
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Majors Related to Health & Medical Administrative Services
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, health and medical administrative services has other similar majors worth exploring.
Health & Medical Administrative Services Concentrations
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.