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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master's Degree Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

18 Colleges
$16,738 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,266 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Master's Degree School for You

Health & Medical Administrative Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in California. With 3,003 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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 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 Master's Degree Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in California to see which master's degree 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Master’s Degree Schools in California

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health and medical administrative services majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of California - San Francisco the best value school in California for health and medical administrative services students working on their master’s degree. UCSF is a small public school located in the city of San Francisco.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCSF are $12,999 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Concordia University, Irvine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and medical administrative services schools in California. Located in the city of Irvine, Concordia University, Irvine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Concordia University, Irvine graduate students pay an average of $8,564 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at California State University - Long Beach helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health and medical administrative services schools in California. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a very large student population.

CSULB graduate students pay an average of $8,280 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 18 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Bakersfield landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Bakersfield, CSUB is a public school with a large student population.

CSUB graduate students pay an average of $9,013 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means California State University - East Bay is a great value for health and medical administrative services students working on their master’s degree. Cal State East Bay is a large public school located in the suburb of Hayward.

Cal State East Bay graduate students pay an average of $8,429 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Los Angeles came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools in California ranking. Cal State LA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cal State LA are $8,219 per year.

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#7

Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, CA

With a ranking of #7, Mount Saint Mary’s University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health and medical administrative services students working on their master’s degree. MSMU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

MSMU graduate students pay an average of $13,099 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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California State University - Northridge landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health and medical administrative services programs. CSUN is a fairly large public school located in the city of Northridge.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUN are $8,477 per year.

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California State University - San Bernardino ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools in California list. CSUSB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of San Bernardino.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUSB are $8,647 per year.

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West Coast University - Orange County landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree health and medical administrative services programs. Located in the city of Anaheim, West Coast University - Orange County is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

West Coast University - Orange County graduate students pay an average of $10,989 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 287
Washington 497
Nevada 123
Hawaii 41
Alaska 7

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

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 18 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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