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2023 Best Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate School for You

With 35,945 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, health sciences and services is the #5 most popular major in the United States.

There are so many healthcare programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best basic 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 Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Chattahoochee Technical College the best school in the Southeast Region for health sciences and services students working on their basic certificate. Chattahoochee Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the large suburb of Marietta.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Georgia Northwestern Technical College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health sciences and services schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Rome, Georgia Northwestern Technical College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#3

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

The excellent basic certificate programs at Gwinnett Technical College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best health sciences and services schools in the Southeast Region . GTC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Lawrenceville.

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#4

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Spalding University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Spalding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health sciences and services schools in the Southeast Region . UA Pulaski Tech is a small public school located in the small city of North Little Rock.

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Southeastern Technical College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Southeastern Technical College is a small public school located in the remote town of Vidalia.

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NorthWest Arkansas Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. NWACC is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Bentonville.

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University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health sciences and services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

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With a ranking of #9, Rasmussen University - Florida did quite well on this year’s best schools for health sciences and services students working on their basic certificate. Rasmussen University - Florida is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the small city of Ocala.

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Dyersburg State Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Health Sciences & Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the distant town of Dyersburg, DSCC is a public college with a small student population.

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Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences and services schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 4,327
North Carolina 203
Tennessee 165
Kentucky 385
Georgia 544
West Virginia 100
Virginia 247
Alabama 240
Louisiana 214
Mississippi 325
South Carolina 87
Arkansas 291

Health Sciences & Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Health Science Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 29,840
General Health & Wellness 6,105

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 22 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.

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