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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Health Professions is the most popular major in California with 19,343 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 42 schools in California to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.

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

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our analysis found San Diego State University to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 79% of the health professions majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at California State University - Long Beach helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in California. CSULB is a very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

Women make up 83% of the health professions majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Southern California is a great place for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 102 students majoring in health professions at USC, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means California State University - Northridge is a great place for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 91 students majoring in health professions at CSUN, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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#5

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means San Francisco State University is a great place for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 84 students majoring in health professions at SFSU, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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#6

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

Keck Graduate Institute 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 #6 on the list. KGI is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Claremont.

Women make up 64% of the health professions majors at the school.

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University of California - San Francisco came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Located in the city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public school with a small student population.

About 69% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 31% are male.

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#8

Biola University

La Mirada, CA

Biola University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Located in the suburb of La Mirada, Biola is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 56 students majoring in health professions at Biola, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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With a ranking of #9, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Los Angeles, CDU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 52% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#10

National University

La Jolla, CA

With a ranking of #10, National University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 85% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 3,012
Oregon 2,459
Nevada 1,292
Hawaii 261
Alaska 67

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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