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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$22,792 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. 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.

The Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region

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

Top 10 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Park University

Parkville, MO

Our analysis found Park University to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Park University are $6,435 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

North Dakota State University graduate students pay an average of $12,028 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at North Dakota State University - Main Campus Report

Out of the 14 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the # 3 spot on the list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 a year.

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#4

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UND are $18,968 per year.

Full Public Health at University of North Dakota Report

#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Nebraska Medical Center ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UNMC is a small public school located in the large city of Omaha.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNMC are $26,961 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, A T Still University of Health Sciences did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the remote town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at A T Still University of Health Sciences are $42,128 per year.

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Wichita State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WSU are $15,323 per year.

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University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate public health programs. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Mizzou is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Full Public Health at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 683
Minnesota 740
Iowa 193
Kansas 60
Nebraska 98
North Dakota 29
South Dakota 27

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 14 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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