2025 Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in California

an associate degree in medical office assistant/specialist is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #148 out of 1020 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 82 associate degrees in medical office assistant/specialist during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Medical Office Assistant/Specialist School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of medical office assistant/specialist 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. 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 school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination 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 many resources a school devotes to medical office assistant/specialist students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other medical office assistant/specialist 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 office assistant/specialist related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Medical Office Assistant/Specialist in California

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in medical office assistant/specialist.

Top California Schools for an Associate in Medical Office Assistant/Specialist

1

Platt College - Los Angeles
Alhambra, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in an associate degree in medical office assistant/specialist has to look into Platt College - Los Angeles. Located in the large suburb of Alhambra, Platt College - Los Angeles is a private for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in medical office assistant/specialist from Platt College - Los Angeles

2

Platt College - Riverside
Riverside, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

Platt College - Riverside is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in medical office assistant/specialist. Located in the large city of Riverside, Platt College - Riverside is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a associate in medical office assistant/specialist from Platt College - Riverside

3

Platt College - Anaheim
Anaheim, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in medical office assistant/specialist needs to look into Platt College - Anaheim. Platt College - Anaheim is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the city of Anaheim.More information about a associate in medical office assistant/specialist from Platt College - Anaheim

Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	288	3

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Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Related Rankings by Major

Medical Office Assistant/Specialist is one of 23 different types of Health & Medical Administrative Services programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Medical Office Assistant/Specialist

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	276
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	260
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller	72
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	71
Health Care Management	24
Health Information Management	9
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	3

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.