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2023 Most Popular Allied Health Services Schools in Alaska

4 Colleges
$35,346 Avg Salary
$13,974 Avg Student Debt

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

In 2020-2021, 49 degrees and certificates were awarded to allied health and medical assisting services students who went to a Alaska college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state.

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 Most Popular Allied Health Services Schools in Alaska ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Alaska to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for medical assisting majors pursuing a .

#1

Alaska Career College

Anchorage, AK

Our analysis found Alaska Career College to be the most popular school for allied health and medical assisting services students who want to pursue a degree in Alaska. Located in the city of Anchorage, Alaska Career College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

On average, medical assisting graduates from Alaska Career College take out $9,448 in student loans while working on their degree.

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Out of the 4 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Anchorage landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public college with a large student population.

On average, medical assisting graduates from UAA take out $18,500 in student loans while working on their degree.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at University of Alaska Anchorage Report

Out of the 4 schools in Alaska that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Alaska Fairbanks landed the # 3 spot on the list. UAF is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Fairbanks.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at University of Alaska Fairbanks

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Alaska Southeast is a great place for allied health and medical assisting services students. UAS is a small public school located in the town of Juneau.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at University of Alaska Southeast Report

Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 1,430
Washington 734
Oregon 91
Nevada 188
Hawaii 65

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 4 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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