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2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Health is the #14 most popular major in California with 1,867 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in California 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for public health majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Northridge the most popular school in California for public health students working on their graduate certificate. CSUN is a fairly large public school located in the city of Northridge.

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Our analysis found Claremont Graduate University to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Claremont.

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

Full Public Health at Claremont Graduate University Report

#3

Loma Linda University

Loma Linda, CA

Out of the 7 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Loma Linda University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#3

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Out of the 7 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandman University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Irvine, Brandman is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public college with a very large student population.

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#3

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at San Diego State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in California. SDSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Diego.

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Out of the 7 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern California University of Health Sciences landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Whittier, SCU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Public Health at Southern California University of Health Sciences Report

Best Public Health Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 197
Oregon 233
Nevada 114
Hawaii 30
Alaska 41

One of 29 majors within the area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 7 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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