2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Arkansas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Arkansas ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in Arkansas to see which ones offered the best value programs for medical assisting students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Top 10 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools
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 degree in Arkansas. Located in the small city of Bentonville, NWACC is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
NWACC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,096 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, medical assisting majors at NWACC accumulate an average of around $16,062 in student debt.
NWACC also took the #4 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Schools in Arkansas rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Arkansas Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Arkansas list. SouthArk is a small public school located in the remote town of El Dorado.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SouthArk are $3,012 per year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at SouthArk take out is $11,788.
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The excellent programs at Arkansas State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health and medical assisting services schools in Arkansas. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at A-State are $7,130 a year. After completing their degree, medical assisting graduates from A-State carry an average student debtload of $20,000.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the small city of North Little Rock, UA Pulaski Tech is a public school with a small student population.
UA Pulaski Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $5,670 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arkansas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the town of Russellville, ATU is a public college with a moderately-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 $18,450 in student loans while working on their degree.
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Arkansas State University - Beebe did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for allied health and medical assisting services students. It came in at #6 on the list. ASU-Beebe is a small public school located in the fringe town of Beebe.
ASU-Beebe undergraduate students pay an average of $2,928 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Medical Assisting majors at ASU-Beebe take out an average of $5,625 in student loans while working on their egree.
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North Arkansas College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value allied health and medical assisting services programs. Northark is a small public school located in the remote town of Harrison.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northark are $3,840 per year.
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Baptist Health College - Little Rock ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the city of Little Rock, BHCLR is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
BHCLR undergraduate students pay an average of $12,598 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Bryan University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Arkansas ranking. Bryan University is a small private for-profit school located in the 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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Blue Cliff College - Fayetteville landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value allied health and medical assisting services programs. Blue Cliff College - Fayetteville is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Fayetteville.
The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Blue Cliff College - Fayetteville take out is $11,625. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $56, based on a 10-year repayment plan.
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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 |
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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 |
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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Related Majors for Medical Assisting
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 |
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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 11 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.