2025 Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
2Colleges in the Plains States Region
20Associate Degrees
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 reviewed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of medical office assistant/specialist. Combined, these schools handed out 20 associate degrees in medical office assistant/specialist to qualified students.
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Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on medical office assistant/specialist students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of medical office assistant/specialist students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
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 colleges for medical office assistant/specialist students working on their associate degree.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical Office Assistant/Specialist
One of 23 majors within the Health & Medical Administrative Services area of study, Medical Office Assistant/Specialist has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Medical Office Assistant/Specialist
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.