2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 245,708 degrees and certificates were awarded to health professions students, making the major the most popular in the country.
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The Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 720 schools in the United States 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 Health Professions program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 25 Most Popular Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health Professions
Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.
Women make up 84% of the health professions majors at the school.
Out of the 720 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Johns Hopkins University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.
About 79% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 21% are male.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great place for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
About 84% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 16% are male.
Out of the 720 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Of the 352 students majoring in health professions at Maryville U, 13% are male and 87% are female.
Full Health Professions at Maryville University of Saint Louis Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. UC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.
About 81% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 19% are male.
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University of Florida ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 250 students majoring in health professions at UF, 26% are male and 74% are female.
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A T Still University of Health Sciences landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. A T Still University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Kirksville.
About 55% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 45% are male.
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University of Maryland - Baltimore ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. UMB is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baltimore.
Of the 202 students majoring in health professions at UMB, 17% are male and 83% are female.
Full Health Professions at University of Maryland - Baltimore Report
Liberty University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.
Of the 202 students majoring in health professions at Liberty University, 20% are male and 80% are female.
Benedictine University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lisle.
Women make up 88% of the health professions majors at the school.
Grand Canyon University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.
Women make up 88% of the health professions majors at the school.
George Washington University landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.
About 70% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 30% are male.
University of Connecticut came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 148 students majoring in health professions at UCONN, 34% are male and 66% are female.
Drexel University ranked #14 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
Of the 145 students majoring in health professions at Drexel, 30% are male and 70% are female.
Purdue University Global did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #15 on the list. Purdue University Global is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Indianapolis.
Women make up 88% of the health professions majors at the school.
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University of South Alabama did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #16 on the list. USA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mobile.
About 95% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 5% are male.
Frontier Nursing University landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the rural area of Hyden, Frontier Nursing University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Of the 125 students majoring in health professions at Frontier Nursing University, 4% are male and 96% are female.
University of Iowa ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City.
About 65% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 35% are male.
Regis College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #18 on the list. Regis College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Weston.
About 84% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 16% are male.
With a ranking of #20, The University of Montana did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. UM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Missoula.
Women make up 70% of the health professions majors at the school.
With a ranking of #21, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 73% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 27% are male.
Full Health Professions at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Report
San Diego State University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. SDSU is a fairly large public school located in the large city of San Diego.
Of the 112 students majoring in health professions at SDSU, 21% are male and 79% are female.
California State University - Long Beach did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #23 on the list. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 113 students majoring in health professions at CSULB, 17% are male and 83% are female.
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Nova Southeastern University ranked #24 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. NUS Florida is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
About 61% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 39% are male.
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Tufts University landed the #25 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.
Of the 104 students majoring in health professions at Tufts, 39% are male and 61% are female.
Rest of the Top 50 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools
Remaining Award Winners
This section shows the rest of the schools awarded a Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 720 different United States health professions schools we analyzed.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools award.
Health Professions by Region
View the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.
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| New England |
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| Southwest |
| Great Lakes |
Majors Related to Health Professions
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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