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2023 Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

50 Colleges
$13,086 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,266 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Master's Degree 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 50 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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.

2023 Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Health & Medical Administrative Services Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Our analysis found Rasmussen University - Illinois to be the best value school for health and medical administrative services students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the midsize city of Rockford, Rasmussen University - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Rasmussen University - Illinois graduate students pay an average of $5,615 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ferris State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Ferris graduate students pay an average of $8,232 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Ohio Dominican University is a great value for health and medical administrative services students working on their master’s degree. ODU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ODU are $11,790 a year.

ODU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a great value for health and medical administrative services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Mount Vernon, MVNU 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 MVNU are $10,674 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of St Francis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health and medical administrative services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Saint Francis are $13,839 per year.

University of Saint Francis also claimed a spot on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#7

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH

Xavier University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Cincinnati, Xavier is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Xavier are $12,076 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health and medical administrative services students working on their master’s degree. University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.

University of St. Francis Fort Wayne graduate students pay an average of $12,418 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Otterbein University

Westerville, OH

Otterbein University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Otterbein is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Westerville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Otterbein are $14,392 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Otterbein also did well on our Best Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#10

Concordia University, Chicago

River Forest, IL

Concordia University, Chicago came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health/Medical Admin Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the suburb of River Forest, Concordia University, Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Concordia University, Chicago graduate students pay an average of $9,378 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health and medical administrative services colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,726
Ohio 1,578
Michigan 1,103
Indiana 1,799
Wisconsin 534

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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