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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$41,109 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,376 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Graduate 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.

Today's healthcare 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for health science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health science majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health Sciences & Services

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UWM are $25,651 a year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Out of the 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences and services colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 522
Ohio 336
Michigan 295
Indiana 1,155
Wisconsin 162

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

Majors Similar to Health Science

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.

  • 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.

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