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2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

37 Colleges
$17,148 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$89,269 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Health Professions is the most popular major in the United States with 24,593 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 37 schools in the Southwest Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for health professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found West Coast University - Dallas to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . West Coast University - Dallas is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at West Coast University - Dallas are $10,735 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Arizona State University - Skysong helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in the Southwest Region . ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

ASU - Skysong graduate students pay an average of $9,982 in tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Skysong did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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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 Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the city of San Antonio.

UT Health San Antonio graduate students pay an average of $13,448 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Grand Canyon University is a great value for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TTUHSC are $19,056 a year.

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Dallas, UT Southwestern is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Southwestern are $17,845 per year.

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Oklahoma Christian University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. OC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Edmond.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OC are $11,250 per year.

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#8

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Angelo State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health professions programs. Angelo State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Angelo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Angelo State are $14,590 per year.

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The University of Texas Medical Branch ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the town of Galveston.

UTMB Galveston graduate students pay an average of $21,997 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UOHSC are $22,154 per year.

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Best Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best health professions schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 8,330
Texas 13,925
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 25 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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