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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

2 Ranked Colleges
37 Degrees Awarded
$24,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 77,593 people earned their degree in allied health and medical assisting services, making the major the 33rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, allied health and medical assisting services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,454 and had an average of $15,514 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 6,487 allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,226 and $14,851 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 37 allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in allied health and medical assisting services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality allied health and medical assisting services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the allied health and medical assisting services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Pennsylvania College of Technology is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s medical assisting degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Penn College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Penn College is $22,081 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Assisting students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Pennsylvania College of Technology

#2

Widener University

Chester, Pennsylvania

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Widener University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s medical assisting degrees to qualified students.

Widener not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Widener University is $26,560 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Assisting students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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