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2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$14,009 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,376 Avg Salary

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

Health Sciences & Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in Florida. With 4,327 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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 Florida ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Florida 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

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

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

#1

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL

Our analysis found University of North Florida to be the best value school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Florida. UNF is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Jacksonville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNF are $10,364 per year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at University of North Florida Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Florida. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCF are $8,872 per year.

UCF also took the #5 spot in our Best Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida rankings.

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

#3

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Nova Southeastern University is a great value for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NUS Florida are $22,790 per year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at Nova Southeastern University Report

Best Value Health Sciences & Services Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Sciences & Services Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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

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
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 3 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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