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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$20,434 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.

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.

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 in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Southeast Region 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

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

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found Liberty University to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at Liberty University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UAB is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAB are $19,188 a year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#3

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Florida helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health sciences and services schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public school with a large student population.

UNF graduate students pay an average of $21,930 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at University of North Florida Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 4 spot on the list. UCF is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCF are $28,657 per year.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at University of Central Florida

#5

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Out of the 5 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Nova Southeastern University landed the # 5 spot on the list. NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NUS Florida are $22,790 a year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at Nova Southeastern University Report

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
Georgia 544
Kentucky 385
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 5 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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