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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

17 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 Missouri with 7,577 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 17 schools in Missouri 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.

Check out the health professions graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Missouri.

Our 2023 rankings named Maryville University of Saint Louis the most popular school in Missouri for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Maryville U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

About 87% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 13% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at A T Still University of Health Sciences helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in Missouri. Located in the town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 55% of the health professions majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Women make up 75% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#4

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

Out of the 17 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 38 students majoring in health professions at SLU, 32% are male and 68% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - Kansas City helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in Missouri. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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Washington University in St Louis landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 32 students majoring in health professions at WUSTL, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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Missouri State University - Springfield 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. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

Of the 26 students majoring in health professions at Missouri State, 27% are male and 73% are female.

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University of Missouri - St Louis came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking. UMSL is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

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#9

Park University

Parkville, MO

Park University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Parkville.

Of the 3 students majoring in health professions at Park University, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#9

Research College of Nursing

Kansas City, MO

Research College of Nursing ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Research College of Nursing is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Kansas City.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,489
Minnesota 12,836
Iowa 2,948
North Dakota 647
Nebraska 1,943
South Dakota 515

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 17 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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