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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$18,360 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. 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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region

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

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

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the best value school in the Southwest Region for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.

Grand Canyon University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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#2

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Tulsa is a great value for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at University of Tulsa are $25,182 a year.

Full Health Sciences & Services at University of Tulsa Report

Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,485
Arizona 232
Oklahoma 257
New Mexico 468

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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