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2023 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for public health majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

Our 2023 rankings named University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center the best school in the Southwest Region for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Medical Branch. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the town of Galveston.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas Health Science Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

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#6

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate public health programs. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 602
Arizona 457
Oklahoma 76
New Mexico 81

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

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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