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2022 Best Value Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 4,793 people earned their degree in medical office assistant/specialist, making the major the 454th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southwest region, there were 618 medical office assistant/specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 60 medical office assistant/specialist graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in medical office assistant/specialist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality medical office assistant/specialist 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 medical office assistant/specialist 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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The medical office assistant/specialist school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree medical office assistant/specialist students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Medical Office Assistant/Specialist (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Dona Ana. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This medium-sized school is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and it awarded 12 associates’s medical office assistant/specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NMSU Dona Ana, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NMSU Dona Ana is $8,013 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Medical Office Assistant/Specialist students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

Yavapai College

Prescott, Arizona
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yavapai College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Prescott, Arizona, this medium-sized public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s medical office assistant/specialist students in 2019-2020.

Yavapai College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,390 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Medical Office Assistant/Specialist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Yavapai College.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Carlsbad. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. NMSU Carlsbad is a small school located in Carlsbad, New Mexico that handed out 4 associates’s medical office assistant/specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

NMSU Carlsbad not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $8,380 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Medical Office Assistant/Specialist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend NMSU Carlsbad.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Phoenix - Arizona is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 32 associates’s medical office assistant/specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

UOPX - Arizona did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,939 for southwest region associate degree medical office assistant/specialist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend UOPX - Arizona.

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#5

Vista College - Online

Richardson, Texas
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vista College - Online. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This small school is located in Richardson, Texas, and it awarded 2 associates’s medical office assistant/specialist degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree medical office assistant/specialist students whose families make $48-$75k list, Vista College - Online has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $23,406 for southwest region associate degree medical office assistant/specialist students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Vista College - Online.

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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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