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2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for health science majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our analysis found Grand Canyon University to be the most popular school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

Of the 12 students majoring in health science at Grand Canyon University, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Grand Canyon University

#2

University of Tulsa

Tulsa, OK

Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Tulsa landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at American InterContinental University - Online helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health sciences and services schools in the Southwest Region . AIU Online is a large private for-profit school located in the rural area of Schaumburg.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at American InterContinental University - Online

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at San Antonio is a great place for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Health Sciences & Services at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences and services schools 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 4 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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