2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region
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. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 21 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found A T Still University of Health Sciences to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the 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.
Read full report on Public Health at A T Still University of Health Sciences
Out of the 21 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 2 spot on the list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
Women make up 76% of the public health majors at the school.
Read full report on Public Health at University of Missouri - Columbia
Out of the 21 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 74% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 26% are male.
Out of the 21 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
Women make up 97% of the public health majors at the school.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.
About 86% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 14% are male.
After completing their Graduate Certificate, public health graduates from UMN Twin Cities carry an average student debt load of $24,830.
University of Nebraska Medical Center came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. UNMC is a small public school located in the large city of Omaha.
Women make up 83% of the public health majors at the school.
Read full report on Public Health at University of Nebraska Medical Center
Missouri State University - Springfield 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 #8 on the list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.
Of the 8 students majoring in public health at Missouri State, 63% are male and 38% are female.
Read full report on Public Health at Missouri State University - Springfield
Wichita State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate public health programs. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Read full report on Public Health at Wichita State University
Kansas State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.
Of the 3 students majoring in public health at K -State, 33% are male and 67% are female.
Best Public Health Colleges by State
Explore the best public health schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Missouri | 683 |
Minnesota | 740 |
Iowa | 193 |
Kansas | 60 |
Nebraska | 98 |
North Dakota | 29 |
South Dakota | 27 |
Majors Related to Public Health
Public Health is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar 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 21 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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