2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master's Degree School for You
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is the #48 most popular major in the country with 84,492 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which master's 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Allied Health Services
Our 2023 rankings named Loma Linda University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Loma Linda University are $31,058 a year.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Stanford University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Stanford is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Stanford are $55,011 per year.
Stanford not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Allied Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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Explore the best allied health and medical assisting services schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 1,430 |
| Washington | 734 |
| Oregon | 91 |
| Nevada | 188 |
| Hawaii | 65 |
| Alaska | 49 |
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Majors Related to Medical Assisting
One of 30 majors within the area of study, allied health and medical assisting services has other similar majors worth exploring.
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 2 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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