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2023 Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Schools in California

23 Colleges
$32,585 Avg Salary
$14,517 Avg Student Debt

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in California to see which online 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges.

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia is a great place for health and medical administrative services students pursuing an online degree. San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia is a small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Visalia.

While working on their degree, health and medical administrative services majors at San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia accumulate an average of around $14,750 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $60, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Carrington College, Sacramento is a great place for health and medical administrative services students pursuing an online degree. Carrington College, Sacramento is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Sacramento.

While working on their degree, health and medical administrative services majors at Carrington College, Sacramento accumulate an average of around $15,384 in student debt. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $78, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#4

Santa Barbara City College

Santa Barbara, CA

The excellent online programs at Santa Barbara City College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best health and medical administrative services schools in California. SBCC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Santa Barbara.

The average amount in student loans that health and medical administrative services majors at SBCC take out is $15,816.

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#5

National University

La Jolla, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means National University is a great place for health and medical administrative services students pursuing an online degree. National University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.

While working on their degree, health and medical administrative services majors at National University accumulate an average of around $38,718 in student debt.

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#6

Merced College

Merced, CA

Merced College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Schools in California list. Merced Community College District is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Merced.

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#7

Laurus College

San Luis Obispo, CA

Laurus College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best health and medical administrative services programs. Laurus College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of San Luis Obispo.

While working on their degree, health and medical administrative services majors at Laurus College accumulate an average of around $33,072 in student debt.

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#8

National Career College

Panorama City, CA

National Career College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Panorama City, National Career College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average amount in student loans that health and medical administrative services majors at National Career College take out is $8,422.

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California State University - Northridge came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Schools in California ranking. CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

After completing their degree, health and medical administrative services graduates from CSUN carry an average student debtload of $14,329.

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University of Antelope Valley did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for health and medical administrative services students. It came in at #10 on the list. UAV is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Lancaster.

While working on their degree, health and medical administrative services majors at UAV accumulate an average of around $15,530 in student debt.

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

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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 23 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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