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

7 Colleges
$24,410 Avg Salary
$13,512 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in California to see which online undergraduate 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 undergraduate certificate.

Our analysis found San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia to be the most popular school for health and medical administrative services students who want to pursue an online undergraduate certificate in California. San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia is a small private for-profit school located in the rural area of Visalia.

Women make up 98% of the health and medical administrative services majors at the school.

On average, health and medical administrative services graduates from San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia take out $12,344 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate. 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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Out of the 7 online programs at schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Carrington College, Sacramento landed the # 2 spot on the list. Carrington College, Sacramento is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Sacramento.

Of the 317 students majoring in health and medical administrative services at Carrington College, Sacramento, 5% are male and 95% are female.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, health and medical administrative services graduates from Carrington College, Sacramento carry an average student debtload of $14,068. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $78, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#3

National Career College

Panorama City, CA

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, National Career College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Panorama City, National Career College is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Of the 16 students majoring in health and medical administrative services at National Career College, 19% are male and 81% are female.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, health and medical administrative services graduates from National Career College carry an average student debtload of $8,465.

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The in-demand online undergraduate certificate programs at University of Antelope Valley helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best health and medical administrative services schools in California. UAV is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Lancaster.

About 89% of the students majoring in health and medical administrative services at the school are women while 11% are male.

The average amount in student loans that health and medical administrative services majors at UAV take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $10,861.

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#5

Fremont College

Cerritos, CA

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Fremont College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Fremont College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Cerritos.

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#6

Santa Barbara City College

Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Barbara City College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online undergraduate certificate health and medical administrative services programs. SBCC is a large public school located in the city of Santa Barbara.

Of the 5 students majoring in health and medical administrative services at SBCC, 20% are male and 80% are female.

The average amount in student loans that health and medical administrative services majors at SBCC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $16,693.

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#7

Merced College

Merced, CA

Merced College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health/Medical Admin Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California list. Merced Community College District is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Merced.

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

Explore all the Most Popular Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges 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 7 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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