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2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

With 1,068 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public health is the #11 most popular major in Illinois.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Illinois 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.

Our analysis found Benedictine University to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 88% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at Benedictine University

#2

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 6 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 66% of the public health majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Chamberlain University - Illinois helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in Illinois. Located in the large suburb of Addison, Chamberlain - Illinois is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 55% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at Chamberlain University - Illinois

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Springfield is a great place for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, UIS is a public college with a small student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 38% are male.

Full Public Health at University of Illinois at Springfield Report

Out of the 6 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Loyola University Chicago landed the # 5 spot on the list. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Full Public Health at Loyola University Chicago Report

#6

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

DePaul University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for public health students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Full Public Health at DePaul University Report

Best Public Health Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 423
Ohio 394
Indiana 384
Wisconsin 167

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 6 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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