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2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

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

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in District of Columbia. With 2,717 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Health Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular online school in District of Columbia for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 157 students majoring in health professions at GWU, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Global Region. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. Strayer University - Global Region is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Of the 8 students majoring in health professions at Strayer University - Global Region, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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#3

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Georgetown University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in District of Columbia. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Health Professions at Georgetown University

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 17,960
Pennsylvania 14,303
Maryland 4,839
New Jersey 3,330
Delaware 498

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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 3 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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