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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$6,702 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,489 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree School for You

With 201 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, allied health and medical assisting services is the #41 most popular major in Arkansas.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Arkansas to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for medical assisting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for medical assisting majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Allied Health Services

Our analysis found NorthWest Arkansas Community College to be the best value school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Arkansas. Located in the small city of Bentonville, NWACC is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NWACC are $4,096 a year. On average, medical assisting graduates from NWACC take out $17,280 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NWACC is ranked #1 for overall quality for medical assisting in Arkansas.

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The excellent associate degree programs at South Arkansas Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health and medical assisting services schools in Arkansas. SouthArk is a small public school located in the town of El Dorado.

SouthArk undergraduate students pay an average of $3,012 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Medical Assisting majors at SouthArk take out an average of $14,415 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at A-State are $7,130 per year. While working on their Associate Degree, medical assisting majors at A-State accumulate an average of around $23,536 in student debt.

A-State also took the #2 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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Out of the 7 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of North Little Rock, UA Pulaski Tech is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UA Pulaski Tech are $5,670 a year. After completing their Associate Degree, medical assisting graduates from UA Pulaski Tech carry an average student debtload of $24,202.

UA Pulaski Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas list.

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#5

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arkansas Tech University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the remote town of Russellville, ATU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ATU are $7,900 a year. On average, medical assisting graduates from ATU take out $19,438 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

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Arkansas State University - Beebe landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree allied health and medical assisting services programs. ASU-Beebe is a small public school located in the fringe town of Beebe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASU-Beebe are $2,928 a year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at ASU-Beebe take out while working on their Associate Degree is $8,405.

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#7

Bryan University

Rogers, AR

With a ranking of #7, Bryan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Bryan University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Rogers.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bryan University are $16,181 a year.

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Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 405
Virginia 967
North Carolina 797
Florida 1,996
Tennessee 483
Kentucky 247
South Carolina 204
Louisiana 275
Alabama 307
Mississippi 171
West Virginia 326

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Medical Assisting

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
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).

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