2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate School for You
Health Sciences & Services is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 35,945 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for health science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Worcester State University the best value school in the United States for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Worcester, Worcester State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Worcester State graduate students pay an average of $5,796 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Liberty University is a great value for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Creighton University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health sciences and services schools in the United States. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.
Creighton graduate students pay an average of $19,096 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Creighton also did well on our Best Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Rowan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health sciences and services schools in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Rowan graduate students pay an average of $16,146 in tuition and fees each year.
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Villanova University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health sciences and services programs. Villanova is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Villanova.
Villanova graduate students pay an average of $21,199 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Villanova is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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With a ranking of #7, American College of Healthcare Sciences did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. American College of Healthcare Sciences is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Portland.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at American College of Healthcare Sciences are $12,704 a year.
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A T Still University of Health Sciences ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools list. 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.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at A T Still University of Health Sciences are $42,128 per year.
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University of Alabama at Birmingham ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham, UAB is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAB are $19,188 per year.
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Drexel University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health sciences and services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Drexel are $37,074 a year.
Drexel excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools list.
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Health Sciences & Services Related Majors for Health Science
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, health sciences and services has other similar majors worth exploring.
Health Science Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences | 29,840 |
General Health & Wellness | 6,105 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Health Science
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 23 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Sandra M. Palumbo.
More about our data sources and methodologies.