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2023 Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

47 Colleges
$80,613 Avg Salary
$20,200 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduate Certificate School for You

With 89,359 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health and medical administrative services is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

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 Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 47 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health & Medical Administrative Services program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health & Medical Administrative Services Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Lynchburg the most popular school in the Southeast Region for health and medical administrative services students working on their graduate certificate. Lynchburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

Women make up 73% of the health and medical administrative services majors at the school.

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#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Out of the 47 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the # 2 spot on the list. UK is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lexington.

Women make up 68% of the health and medical administrative services majors at the school.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at East Carolina University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health and medical administrative services schools in the Southeast Region . ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

Of the 25 students majoring in health and medical administrative services at ECU, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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Out of the 47 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center landed the # 4 spot on the list. UTHSC is a small public school located in the large city of Memphis.

About 67% of the students majoring in health and medical administrative services at the school are women while 33% are male.

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#5

Duke University

Durham, NC

Out of the 47 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Duke University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

About 42% of the students majoring in health and medical administrative services at the school are women while 58% are male.

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#6

University of Mississippi

University, MS

University of Mississippi came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Ole Miss is a very large public school located in the town of University.

Women make up 78% of the health and medical administrative services majors at the school.

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Kennesaw State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health and medical administrative services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Kennesaw, KSU Georgia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 86% of the health and medical administrative services majors at the school.

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#7

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

With a ranking of #7, Augusta University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health and medical administrative services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 29% of the students majoring in health and medical administrative services at the school are women while 71% are male.

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#7

Columbia Southern University

Orange Beach, AL

Columbia Southern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health and medical administrative services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Columbia Southern University is a large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Orange Beach.

Women make up 57% of the health and medical administrative services majors at the school.

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#10

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health and medical administrative services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. University of Virginia is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Charlottesville.

Of the 6 students majoring in health and medical administrative services at University of Virginia, 83% are male and 17% are female.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Health/Medical Admin Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region award.

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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 Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 8,048
North Carolina 2,189
Tennessee 479
Georgia 1,116
Kentucky 482
West Virginia 435
Virginia 988
Alabama 622
Louisiana 674
Mississippi 459
South Carolina 302
Arkansas 178

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 29 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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