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2023 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

23 Colleges
$89,269 Avg Salary
$23,211 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, health professions was ranked 2nd in Texas. In fact, 13,925 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in Texas to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center the best school in Texas for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lubbock, TTUHSC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. UT Southwestern is a small public school located in the city of Dallas.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of San Antonio, UT Health San Antonio is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 23 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, West Coast University - Dallas landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Dallas, West Coast University - Dallas is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 23 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Houston, UTHealth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

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The University of Texas Medical Branch landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the fringe town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public college with a small student population.

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#8

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Worth.

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With a ranking of #9, University of North Texas Health Science Center did quite well on this year’s best schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Fort Worth, UNT Health Science Center is a public college with a small student population.

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The University of Texas at Arlington came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Health Professions Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 8,330
Oklahoma 1,490
New Mexico 848

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952
Mental & Social Health Services 16,815
Allied Health Professions 12,950
Communication Sciences 10,547
Dentistry 6,770
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 4,684
Chiropractic 2,658
Alternative Medicine & Systems 2,582
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2,481
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,762
Medical Illustration & Informatics 1,747
Health Sciences & Services 1,746
Other Health Professions 1,261
Health/Medical Prep Programs 1,122
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 954
Medical Science 909
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 462
Dental Support Services 122
Alternative Medical Support Services 80
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 55
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 37
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 11
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 23 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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