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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$24,818 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.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for public health students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

Our analysis found University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UOHSC are $22,154 per year.

Full Public Health at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value 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 college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas Medical Branch is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the fringe town of Galveston.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTMB Galveston are $21,997 per year.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Southwest Region . UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

UNM graduate students pay an average of $20,487 in tuition and fees each year.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus 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 suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 per year.

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University of North Texas Health Science Center 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 #7 on the list. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the city of Fort Worth.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT Health Science Center are $30,961 a year.

Full Public Health at University of North Texas Health Science Center Report

#8

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 a year.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UTSA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 a year.

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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.

  • 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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