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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

59 Colleges
$5,098 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,854 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is the #50 most popular major in Texas with 1,416 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 59 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for medical assisting students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas

Check out the medical assisting undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools

#1

College of the Mainland

Texas City, TX

Our analysis found College of the Mainland to be the best value school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Texas. COM is a small public school located in the suburb of Texas City.

COM undergraduate students pay an average of $2,973 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, medical assisting majors at COM accumulate an average of around $7,779 in student debt.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Tarrant County College District helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health and medical assisting services schools in Texas. Tarrant County College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tarrant County College are $3,402 per year.

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#3

El Centro College

Dallas, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend El Centro College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at El Centro College are $4,050 per year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at El Centro College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $15,677.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, El Centro College is ranked #2 for overall quality for medical assisting in Texas.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Jacinto Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at San Jacinto College are $3,240 per year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at San Jacinto College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $13,008.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alvin Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Alvin is a small public school located in the large suburb of Alvin.

Alvin undergraduate students pay an average of $2,834 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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El Paso Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the large city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at El Paso Community College are $3,274 per year.

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#7

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

With a ranking of #7, Amarillo College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Amarillo College are $3,168 a year.

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Houston Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Houston Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

Houston Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,344 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Medical Assisting majors at Houston Community College take out an average of $17,508 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#9

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX

Lone Star College System landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate allied health and medical assisting services programs. North Harris Montgomery is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of The Woodlands.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at North Harris Montgomery are $4,848 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, medical assisting majors at North Harris Montgomery accumulate an average of around $13,961 in student debt.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Lone Star College System Report

#10

Angelina College

Lufkin, TX

Angelina College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the remote town of Lufkin, AC is a public school with a small student population.

AC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,530 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 373
Oklahoma 289
New Mexico 177

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

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.

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