2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You
With 690 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public health is the #14 most popular major in Virginia.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Virginia 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.
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2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Most Popular Virginia Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health
Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular school in Virginia for public health students working on their graduate certificate. 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.
Out of the 7 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 15 students majoring in public health at GMU, 20% are male and 80% are female.
Out of the 7 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Richmond, VCU is a public college with a very large student population.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Lynchburg is a great place for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Women make up 75% of the public health majors at the school.
Read full report on Public Health at University of Lynchburg
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Old Dominion University is a great place for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 2 students majoring in public health at Old Dominion, 50% are male and 50% are female.
Read full report on Public Health at Old Dominion University
Out of the 7 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Shenandoah University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Eastern Virginia Medical School 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 #7 on the list. Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.
Read full report on Public Health at Eastern Virginia Medical School
Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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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 |
Majors Related to Public Health
Public Health is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Public Health
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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