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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

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

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 17,960 degrees and certificates from a New York school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 66 schools in New York 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the most popular school in New York for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 405 students majoring in health professions at Columbia, 16% are male and 84% are female.

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#2

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Women make up 69% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#3

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in New York. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 60% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#4

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rochester. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

Of the 90 students majoring in health professions at University of Rochester, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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#5

New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York Medical College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Valhalla, New York Medical College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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

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#6

University at Albany

Albany, NY

University at Albany landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. UAlbany is a large public school located in the city of Albany.

About 94% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 6% are male.

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#7

Alfred University

Alfred, NY

Alfred University 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 #7 on the list. Located in the remote town of Alfred, Alfred is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 77% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 23% are male.

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#8

LIU Post

Brookville, NY

LIU Post landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. LIU Post is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Brookville.

Women make up 86% of the health professions majors at the school.

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The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

Of the 39 students majoring in health professions at The Graduate Center, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. SUNY Downstate is a small public school located in the large city of Brooklyn.

Women make up 84% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional popular schools for Health Professions students in the state of New York that almost earned our Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in New York award.

Rank College Location
11 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY
12 Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY
13 Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 14,303
Maryland 4,839
New Jersey 3,330
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 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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