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2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$17,795 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$89,269 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Jersey. With 3,330 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 13 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Check out the health professions graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus the best value school in New Jersey for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Teaneck, FDU is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

FDU graduate students pay an average of $10,722 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The College of New Jersey is a great value for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

TCNJ graduate students pay an average of $15,031 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

TCNJ also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #1.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Thomas Edison State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in New Jersey. Located in the city of Trenton, TESU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at TESU are $12,024 a year.

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#4

College of Saint Elizabeth

Morristown, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Saint Elizabeth. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Morristown, CSE is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSE are $18,734 per year.

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Out of the 13 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, William Paterson University of New Jersey landed the # 5 spot on the list. William Paterson University is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Wayne.

William Paterson University graduate students pay an average of $14,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Montclair State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a very large student population.

Montclair State graduate students pay an average of $13,519 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #7, Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $20,495 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rutgers New Brunswick is ranked #3 for overall quality for health professions in New Jersey.

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#8

Kean University

Union, NJ

Kean University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large suburb of Union, Kean is a public college with a large student population.

Kean graduate students pay an average of $17,476 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Georgian Court University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the city of Lakewood, Georgian Court is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Georgian Court graduate students pay an average of $17,482 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

Rider University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Lawrenceville, Rider is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Rider are $20,159 a year.

Rider also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey rankings.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 17,960
Pennsylvania 14,303
Maryland 4,839
District of Columbia 2,717
Delaware 498

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 13 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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