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

9 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.

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 Most Popular Online 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. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Plains States 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.

Our 2023 rankings named A T Still University of Health Sciences the most popular online school in the Plains States Region 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.

Women make up 56% of the public health majors at the school.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Women make up 76% of the public health majors at the school.

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#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 97% of the public health majors at the school.

Full Public Health at Capella University Report

#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Plains States Region . K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

Of the 3 students majoring in public health at K -State, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#6

Park University

Parkville, MO

Park University 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 #6 on the list. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.

Women make up 50% of the public health majors at the school.

Full Public Health at Park University Report

#7

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

With a ranking of #7, University of North Dakota did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. UND is a fairly large public school located in the city of Grand Forks.

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Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center 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 #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Des Moines, Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Read full report on Public Health at Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center

Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health 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 #8 on the list. Nebraska Methodist College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

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

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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