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2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Health program at each school on the list.

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

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Our 2023 rankings named Oregon State University the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

About 75% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 25% are male.

Read full report on Public Health at Oregon State University

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Claremont Graduate University is a great place for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Claremont, Claremont Graduate University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 2 students majoring in public health at Claremont Graduate University, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Read full report on Public Health at Claremont Graduate University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oregon Health & Science University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. OHSU is a small public school located in the large city of Portland.

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

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Out of the 16 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 16 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 50% are male.

Full Public Health at Portland State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Reno. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a very large student population.

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

Read full report on Public Health at University of Nevada - Reno

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Washington State University is a great place for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Full Public Health at Washington State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UNLV is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

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

Read full report on Public Health at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Out of the 16 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public school with a large student population.

Read full report on Public Health at Central Washington University

Southern California University of Health Sciences came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. SCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Whittier.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region award.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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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 16 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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