2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Florida
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services School for You
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is the #23 most popular major in Florida with 1,996 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Florida ranking. Our analysis looked at 89 schools in Florida to see which 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 15% Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Florida State College at Jacksonville the best value school in Florida for allied health and medical assisting services students. FSCJ is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at FSCJ are $2,657 a year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at FSCJ take out is $13,532.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Broward College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Florida list. BC is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Lauderdale.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BC are $2,830 a year. While working on their degree, medical assisting majors at BC accumulate an average of around $11,250 in student debt.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Santa Fe College is a great value for allied health and medical assisting services students. Located in the midsize suburb of Gainesville, Santa Fe College is a public school with a large student population.
Santa Fe College undergraduate students pay an average of $2,563 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Santa Fe College take out is $23,908.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Florida Gateway College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Florida list. FGC is a small public school located in the distant town of Lake City.
FGC undergraduate students pay an average of $3,100 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent programs at Gulf Coast State College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health and medical assisting services schools in Florida. GCSC is a small public school located in the city of Panama City.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at GCSC are $2,370 a year.
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Indian River State College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value allied health and medical assisting services programs. Located in the large suburb of Fort Pierce, Indian River State College is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Indian River State College are $2,764 a year.
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State College of Florida - Manatee - Sarasota came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Florida ranking. State College of Florida - Manatee - Sarasota is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bradenton.
State College of Florida - Manatee - Sarasota undergraduate students pay an average of $3,074 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Miami Dade College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Florida list. Located in the city of Miami, MDC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MDC are $2,838 per year. Medical Assisting majors at MDC take out an average of $10,837 in student loans while working on their egree.
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St Petersburg College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Florida ranking. SPC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Clearwater.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SPC are $2,682 a year. After completing their degree, medical assisting graduates from SPC carry an average student debtload of $24,005.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SPC also is in the top 20% of our Best Allied Health Services Schools in Florida ranking.
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With a ranking of #10, Charlotte Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health and medical assisting services students. CTC is a fairly small public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Port Charlotte.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CTC are $3,100 per year.
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With a ranking of #11, Pensacola State College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health and medical assisting services students. Located in the small city of Pensacola, Pensacola State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Pensacola State undergraduate students pay an average of $2,367 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Polk State College 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 #12 on the list. Polk State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Winter Haven.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Polk State are $3,366 a year. After completing their degree, medical assisting graduates from Polk State carry an average student debtload of $20,023.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Polk State also did well on our Best Allied Health Services Schools in Florida list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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College of Central Florida landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value allied health and medical assisting services programs. CF is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Ocala.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CF are $2,710 a year.
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Here are some additional great value schools for Allied Health Services students in the state of Florida seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Allied Health Services Schools in Florida award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Daytona State College | Daytona Beach, FL |
| 15 | Seminole State College of Florida | Sanford, FL |
| 16 | Palm Beach State College | Lake Worth, FL |
| 17 | Eastern Florida State College | Cocoa, FL |
Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 405 |
| Virginia | 967 |
| North Carolina | 797 |
| Tennessee | 483 |
| Kentucky | 247 |
| South Carolina | 204 |
| Louisiana | 275 |
| Arkansas | 201 |
| 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.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 25 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.