2025 Best Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you pursue a associate degree in medical insurance coding specialist/coder, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #78 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for medical insurance coding specialist/coder students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 100 associate degrees in medical insurance coding specialist/coder during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of medical insurance coding specialist/coder for getting your associate degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various 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 insurance coding specialist/coder students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other medical insurance coding specialist/coder students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• 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 insurance coding specialist/coder related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in medical insurance coding specialist/coder.

Top Plains States Region Schools for an Associate in Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder

1

Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in medical insurance coding specialist/coder has to take a look at Southeast Technical College. Southeast Tech is a small public college located in the midsize city of Sioux Falls.More information about a associate in medical insurance coding specialist/coder from Southeast Technical College

2

Northwest Technical College
Bemidji, MN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Northwest Technical College is a good option for individuals interested in an associate degree in medical insurance coding specialist/coder. Located in the town of Bemidji, NTC is a public college with a fairly small student population.More information about a associate in medical insurance coding specialist/coder from Northwest Technical College

3

Butler Community College
El Dorado, KS

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Butler Community College is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing an associate degree in medical insurance coding specialist/coder. Butler CC is a moderately-sized public college located in the distant town of El Dorado.More information about a associate in medical insurance coding specialist/coder from Butler Community College

4

Three Rivers College
Poplar Bluff, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Three Rivers College if you want to pursue an associate degree in medical insurance coding specialist/coder. Three Rivers College is a small public college located in the remote town of Poplar Bluff.More information about a associate in medical insurance coding specialist/coder from Three Rivers College

5

Western Dakota Technical Institute
Rapid City, SD

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Rapid City, Western Dakota Tech is a public school with a small student population.More information about a associate in medical insurance coding specialist/coder from Western Dakota Technical Institute

6

Bryan University
Springfield, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, Bryan University is a private for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a associate in medical insurance coding specialist/coder from Bryan University

Best Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder Colleges by State

Explore the best medical insurance coding specialist/coder schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	299	20
Kansas	275	129
Missouri	210	20
Iowa	200	3
Nebraska	163	11
South Dakota	148	21
North Dakota	144	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder

Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder is one of 23 different types of Health & Medical Administrative Services programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	327
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	82
Health Care Management	59
Medical Office Assistant/Specialist	20
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services	17
Long Term Care Administration/Management	7
Medical/Health Management & Clinical Assistant/Specialist	6
Medical Office Management/Administration	3
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	2
Medical Office Computer Specialist/Assistant	2

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.