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2023 Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

2 Colleges
$17,657 Avg Salary
$25,438 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, health/medical prep programs was ranked #14 in the country. In fact 9,210 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health/Medical Prep Programs

Our analysis found University of Virginia - Main Campus to be the best school for health/medical prep programs students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Health/Medical Prep Programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus

#2

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Nova Southeastern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health/medical prep programs schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Colleges by State

Explore the best health/medical prep programs schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 84
North Carolina 133
Tennessee 54
Georgia 355
Kentucky 5
West Virginia 102
Virginia 171
Alabama 172
Louisiana 18
Mississippi 439
South Carolina 79
Arkansas 99

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, health/medical prep programs has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Prep Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Other Health/Medical Preparatory Programs 4,010
Pre-Nursing Studies 2,489
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies 2,010
Pre-Physical Therapy Studies 257
Pre-Pharmacy Studies 167
Pre-Occupational Therapy Studies 108
Pre-Dentistry Studies 85
Pre-Physician Assistant 76
Pre-Art Therapy 4
Pre-Optometry Studies 3
Pre-Chiropractic Studies 1

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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