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2023 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

9 Colleges
$61,096 Avg Salary
$21,203 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Health is the #16 most popular major in the country with 19,473 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the public health graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

Our analysis found Oregon Health & Science University to be the best school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . OHSU is a small public school located in the large city of Portland.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public college with a large student population.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate public health programs. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

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Claremont Graduate University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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California State University - Northridge came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Portland State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate public health programs. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
California 1,867
Washington 197
Oregon 233
Nevada 114
Hawaii 30
Alaska 41

Public Health is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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