2025 Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey

Medical/Clinical Assistant is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #21 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of medical/clinical assistant. Combined, these schools handed out 92 associate degrees in medical/clinical assistant to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Medical/Clinical Assistant School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of medical/clinical assistant for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality medical/clinical assistant program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on medical/clinical assistant students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of medical/clinical assistant students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medical/clinical assistant related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for medical/clinical assistant students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The medical/clinical assistant 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 the Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Medical/Clinical Assistant in New Jersey

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant.

Top New Jersey Schools for an Associate in Medical/Clinical Assistant

1

Berkeley College - Woodland Park
Woodland Park, NJ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

Berkeley College - Woodland Park is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Located in the suburb of Woodland Park, Berkeley College - Woodland Park is a private for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Berkeley College - Woodland Park

2

Hudson County Community College
Jersey City, NJ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Hudson County Community College is a good choice for students pursuing an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. HCCC is a moderately-sized public college located in the large city of Jersey City.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Hudson County Community College

3

Eastwick College - Nutley
Nutley, NJ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant needs to check out Eastwick College - Nutley. Eastwick College - Nutley is a small private for-profit college located in the large suburb of Nutley.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Eastwick College - Nutley

Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	429	868
Pennsylvania	379	246
Maryland	221	59
Delaware	96	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical/Clinical Assistant

One of 14 majors within the Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services area of study, Medical/Clinical Assistant has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Medical/Clinical Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Occupational Therapist Assistant	107
Physical Therapy Assistant	57
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	28

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.