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2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

About 82% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 18% are male.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 16 students majoring in public health at ECU, 13% are male and 88% are female.

Full Public Health at East Carolina University Report

#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 93% of the public health majors at the school.

Full Public Health at Western Kentucky University Report

#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Memphis is a great place for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Memphis

#5

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Lynchburg. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 75% of the public health majors at the school.

Full Public Health at University of Lynchburg Report

#5

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Georgia Southern University is a great place for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Public Health at Georgia Southern University Report

#7

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Old Dominion University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in public health at Old Dominion, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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#7

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Augusta University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate public health programs. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Augusta.

Full Public Health at Augusta University Report

With a ranking of #9, The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Memphis, UTHSC is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Public Health at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

Florida National University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for public health students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Florida National University - Main Campus is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Hialeah.

Full Public Health at Florida National University - Main Campus Report

Explore the most popular online public health colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 690
Florida 851
Georgia 898
North Carolina 564
Tennessee 242
Kentucky 128
Louisiana 208
Alabama 387
South Carolina 81
Mississippi 96
Arkansas 59
West Virginia 106

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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 13 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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