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2023 Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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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 Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online basic certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health and medical administrative services majors pursuing an online basic certificate.

Our analysis found University of Phoenix - Arizona to be the most popular school for health and medical administrative services students who want to pursue an online basic certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 1,197 students majoring in health and medical administrative services at UOPX - Arizona, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Brookline College - Phoenix is a great place for health and medical administrative services students working on their online basic certificate. Located in the city of Phoenix, Brookline College - Phoenix is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 90% of the health and medical administrative services majors at the school.

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Out of the 15 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, McLennan Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. MCC is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Waco.

Of the 74 students majoring in health and medical administrative services at MCC, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Collin County Community College District is a great place for health and medical administrative services students working on their online basic certificate. Collin County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of McKinney.

Women make up 92% of the health and medical administrative services majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend GateWay Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. GateWay Community College is a small public school located in the city of Phoenix.

Women make up 91% of the health and medical administrative services majors at the school.

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Midland College

Midland, TX

Midland College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Midland, Midland College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 93% of the students majoring in health and medical administrative services at the school are women while 7% are male.

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Yavapai College

Prescott, AZ

With a ranking of #7, Yavapai College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health and medical administrative services students working on their online basic certificate. Yavapai College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Prescott.

About 86% of the students majoring in health and medical administrative services at the school are women while 14% are male.

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Southern Careers Institute - San Antonio (SW Military Drive) came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Southern Careers Institute - San Antonio (SW Military Drive) is a small private for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

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American InterContinental University - Online came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

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Pima Community College

Tucson, AZ

Pima Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for health and medical administrative services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Pima County Community College District is a large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Of the 53 students majoring in health and medical administrative services at Pima County Community College District, 19% are male and 81% are female.

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Explore the most popular online health and medical administrative services schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,598
Arizona 3,817
Oklahoma 454
New Mexico 67

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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 15 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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