2025 Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate Degree Schools in Alabama

Ranked #10 in popularity, health & medical administrative services is one of the most sought-after associate degree programs in the nation. 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 3 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for health & medical administrative services students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 78 associate degrees in health & medical administrative services during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Health & Medical Administrative Services School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of health & medical administrative services for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality health & medical administrative services program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Early-Career Earnings

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their associate degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their associate degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 health & medical administrative services students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of health & medical administrative services 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for health & medical administrative services to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health & medical administrative services related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for health & medical administrative services students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate Degree Schools in Alabama list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Health & Medical Administrative Services in Alabama

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for health & medical administrative services students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Alabama Schools for an Associate in Health & Medical Administrative Services

1

Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL

33 Annual Graduates

$39,247 Median Starting Salary

Columbia Southern University is a great choice for individuals interested in an associate degree in health & medical administrative services. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit university with a large student population.

Associate recipients from the health & medical administrative services major at Columbia Southern University get $8,096 above the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.

More information about a associate in health & medical administrative services from Columbia Southern University

2

Wallace State Community College, Hanceville
Hanceville, AL

12 Annual Graduates

Wallace State Community College, Hanceville is a good decision for individuals interested in an associate degree in health & medical administrative services. Wallace State, Hanceville is a medium-sized public college located in the rural area of Hanceville.More information about a associate in health & medical administrative services from Wallace State Community College, Hanceville

3

South University, Montgomery
Montgomery, AL

11 Annual Graduates

South University, Montgomery is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in health & medical administrative services. Located in the medium-sized city of Montgomery, South University, Montgomery is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.More information about a associate in health & medical administrative services from South University, Montgomery

Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	143	272
Georgia	121	420
Florida	121	6,073
North Carolina	120	1,025
Arkansas	105	87
Tennessee	102	104
Virginia	97	229
West Virginia	92	257
Kentucky	90	247
Louisiana	80	74
South Carolina	77	34

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Health & Medical Administrative Services Related Rankings by Major

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Health & Medical Administrative Services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	37
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	26
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	11
Medical Office Management/Administration	4

Majors Similar to Health & Medical Administrative Services

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	1,897
Allied Health Professions	519
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	289
Dental Support Services	124
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	72
Mental & Social Health Services	5
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services	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.