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2023 Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

3 Colleges
$23,854 Avg Salary
$11,167 Avg Student Debt

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Allied Health Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular online undergraduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medical assisting majors pursuing an online undergraduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts the most popular online school in the Far Western US Region for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of San Mateo, Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

About 90% of the students majoring in medical assisting at the school are women while 10% are male.

The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $9,359. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $83.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Southwestern Oregon Community College is a great place for allied health and medical assisting services students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Coos Bay, SWOCC is a public college with a small student population.

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#3

Santa Monica College

Santa Monica, CA

Out of the 3 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Monica College landed the # 3 spot on the list. SMC is a very large public school located in the small city of Santa Monica.

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Explore the most popular online allied health and medical assisting services colleges 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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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 3 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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