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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$26,133 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,096 Avg Salary

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.

The Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for public health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

Our analysis found Oregon Health & Science University to be the best value 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.

OHSU graduate students pay an average of $28,460 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at Oregon Health & Science University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CSUN graduate students pay an average of $17,981 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Public Health at California State University - Northridge

Out of the 9 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNR are $22,380 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Washington State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Far Western US Region . Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 a year.

Wazzu excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.

Full Public Health at Washington State University Report

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNLV are $22,698 per year.

Full Public Health at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

Central Washington University 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 town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CWU are $25,681 a year.

Full Public Health at Central Washington University Report

#7

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

With a ranking of #7, Oregon State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Corvallis.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Oregon State are $29,420 per year.

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Portland State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Portland State University graduate students pay an average of $24,009 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Public Health at Portland State University

With a ranking of #9, Claremont Graduate University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Claremont Graduate University are $36,380 a year.

Claremont Graduate University also claimed a spot on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Public Health at Claremont Graduate University

Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

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.

  • 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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