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2025 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in Massachusetts

5 Colleges in Massachusetts
759 Medical Assisting Degrees Awarded
$32,836 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in allied health & medical assisting services is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #48 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for allied health & medical assisting services students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 759 degrees in allied health & medical assisting services to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services School

Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in Massachusetts The medical assisting program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for allied health & medical assisting services schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Medical Assisting

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services in Massachusetts

The schools below may not offer all types of medical assisting degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Massachusetts Schools in Medical Assisting

1
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
77 Medical Assisting Degrees Awarded
$44,723 Median Starting Salary

It is difficult to beat Mount Wachusett Community College if you want to pursue a degree in allied health & medical assisting services. MWCC is a small public college located in the midsize suburb of Gardner. This college ranks 51st out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 77 allied health & medical assisting services students who graduated with this degree at MWCC in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the allied health & medical assisting services program at Mount Wachusett Community College make $11,886 above the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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2
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
64 Medical Assisting Degrees Awarded
$44,926 Median Starting Salary

North Shore Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in allied health & medical assisting services. Located in the suburb of Danvers, North Shore Community College is a public college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #554 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means North Shore Community College is a great college overall.

There were about 64 allied health & medical assisting services students who graduated with this degree at North Shore Community College in the most recent year we have data available. Those allied health & medical assisting services students who get their degree from North Shore Community College receive $12,090 more than the standard medical assisting graduate.

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Bachelors Degree Type
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Take your associate degree in an allied health field to the next level with this specialized transfer friendly online bachelor of science from Southern New Hampshire University.

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3
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In MA

Every student who is interested in allied health & medical assisting services needs to look into Quinsigamond Community College. Quinsigamond Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Worcester. A Best Colleges rank of #582 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Quinsigamond Community College is a great college overall.

There were approximately 26 allied health & medical assisting services students who graduated with this degree at Quinsigamond Community College in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
59 Medical Assisting Degrees Awarded
28.8% Growth in Graduates

Springfield Technical Community College is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in allied health & medical assisting services. STCC is a small public college located in the city of Springfield. This college ranks 50th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 59 allied health & medical assisting services students who graduated with this degree at STCC in the most recent data year. Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services degree recipients from Springfield Technical Community College receive an earnings boost of about $6,008 above the typical income of allied health & medical assisting services majors.

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5
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In MA
42 Medical Assisting Degrees Awarded

Bristol is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Fall River. This college ranks 46th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.

There were about 42 allied health & medical assisting services students who graduated with this degree at Bristol in the most recent data year.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 241 390
New Hampshire 210 39
Maine 202 118
Rhode Island 200 96
Vermont 194 14

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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Medical Assisting Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Medical/Clinical Assistant 485
Occupational Therapist Assistant 107
Physical Therapy Assistant 99
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services 42
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) 18
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant 4
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant 4

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 7,220
Public Health 1,803
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 1,435
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 1,340
Allied Health Professions 1,223
Health & Medical Administrative Services 1,081
Mental & Social Health Services 1,002
Health Sciences & Services 816
Communication Sciences 700
Medicine 693

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