2025 Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia

Ranked #21 in popularity, medical/clinical assistant is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in West Virginia to determine which ones were the best for medical/clinical assistant students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 124 associate degrees in medical/clinical assistant during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 school'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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for medical/clinical assistant students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Medical/Clinical Assistant in West Virginia

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for medical/clinical assistant students seeking a an associate degree.

Top West Virginia Schools for an Associate in Medical/Clinical Assistant

1

Mountwest Community and Technical College
Huntington, WV

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Mountwest Community and Technical College if you want to pursue an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Huntington, MCTC is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Mountwest Community and Technical College

2

West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown
Morgantown, WV

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

72 Annual Graduates

West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown is a great decision for students interested in an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. WVJC Morgantown is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the city of Morgantown.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown

3

West Virginia Junior College - Bridgeport
Bridgeport, WV

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

West Virginia Junior College - Bridgeport is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Located in the town of Bridgeport, WVJC Bridgeport is a private for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from West Virginia Junior College - Bridgeport

4

West Virginia Junior College - Charleston
Cross Lanes, WV

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat West Virginia Junior College - Charleston if you wish to pursue an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Located in the midsize suburb of Cross Lanes, WVJC Charleston is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from West Virginia Junior College - Charleston

Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	19
Florida	232	425
North Carolina	231	388
Georgia	217	110
Tennessee	170	106
Arkansas	161	14
Virginia	158	553
Kentucky	129	109
Louisiana	124	94
Alabama	109	113
South Carolina	105	2

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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.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy Assistant	27
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant	17
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	15
Occupational Therapist Assistant	13
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	13

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.