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Medical Billing and Coding Programs in the McAllen area
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area
Programs
11
10 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$39,150
medical records specialists, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$5,500
of 7 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS
Medical Billing and Coding Programs in the McAllen area at a glance
- Open to the public
- 11 programs: 8 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 3 known only from the WIOA list
- Distance from McAllen
- 10 within 10 miles; nearest 0.9 miles, farthest 11.3 miles
- Listed program cost
- 7 of 11 list one: $5,500 to $27,070, middle $11,570 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
- Program length
- 4 colleges list a length: 7 months to 15 months (IPEDS)
- Completions, 2023-24
- 174 billing and coding awards at the 6 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
- On the WIOA list
- 9 of 11 on Texas's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 69% of exiters employed in the second quarter (5 report it); middle completion 67% (6 report it)
- Pay here
- $39,150 median for medical records specialists ($18.82 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $22,530 to $63,820; 410 employed in the metro area; Texas median $48,860 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
Billing and coding programs, nearest to McAllen first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Texas Training CenterWIOA list | Pharr | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 29 | 0.9 |
| International Culinary InstituteWIOA list | Pharr | WIOA list only | $5,500 | Not reported | 2.2 | |
| Internatonalculinary InstituteWIOA list | Pharr | WIOA list only | $5,500 | Not reported | 2.2 | |
| Southern Careers Institute-PharrWIOA list | Pharr | Certificate | $18,450 | 10 months | 24 | 2.3 |
| Rio Grande Valley CollegeWIOA list | Pharr | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | 2.5 |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllenWIOA list | McAllen | Certificate | $27,040 | 15 months | 24 | 4.8 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen Campus | McAllen | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 50 | 4.9 |
| South Texas CollegeWIOA list | McAllen | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 41 | 5.6 |
| University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Continuing Education ProgramWIOA list | Edinburg | WIOA list only | $7,400 | Not reported | 5.6 | |
| South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Weslaco | Weslaco | Certificate | $27,070 | 15 months | 0 | 10.0 |
| Valley Grande Institute for Academic StudiesWIOA list | Weslaco | Certificate | $11,570 | 7 months | 6 | 11.3 |
- College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
- WIOA list: DOL TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171), read October 8, 2026.
- Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX, read October 8, 2026.
Paying for training
- WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 169 of them Billing and coding.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
Other Texas metro areas
- Dallas area18 programs
- Houston area10 programs
- Austin area6 programs
- San Antonio area6 programs
- Brownsville area4 programs
- Beaumont area3 programs
- El Paso area3 programs