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.

2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Allied Health Services

#1

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

18 Master's Degrees

$31,058 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Loma Linda University to be the best value school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Loma Linda University graduate students pay an average of $31,058 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Loma Linda University Report

#2

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

27 Master's Degrees

#2 in Quality in the Far Western US Region

$55,011 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent master’s degree programs at Stanford University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health and medical assisting services schools in the Far Western US Region . Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Stanford are $55,011 a year.

Stanford did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Allied Health Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Stanford University Report

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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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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