2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Sciences & Services program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Check out the health science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .
Top 10 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular school in the Southeast Region for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.
Women make up 65% of the health science majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UAB is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Birmingham.
Of the 7 students majoring in health science at UAB, 14% are male and 86% are female.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Central Florida helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health sciences and services schools in the Southeast Region . UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.
Women make up 83% of the health science majors at the school.
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Out of the 11 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public college with a large student population.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Nova Southeastern University is a great place for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. NUS Florida is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
About 50% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 50% are male.
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Georgia College & State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Georgia College is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Milledgeville.
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Mississippi College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Clinton, MC is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Florida Gulf Coast University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large suburb of Fort Myers, FGCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health sciences and services students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Orleans.
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University of Kentucky came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UK is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lexington.
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Explore the best health sciences and services schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Florida | 4,327 |
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 |
Health Sciences & Services Related Majors
Health Sciences & Services is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Health Science Concentrations
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 11 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.