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2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States 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.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States 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.

Check out the health science graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

#1

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Our analysis found Creighton University to be the most popular school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 71% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 29% are male.

Full Health Sciences & Services at Creighton University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means A T Still University of Health Sciences is a great place for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. A T Still University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Kirksville.

Women make up 33% of the health science majors at the school.

Full Health Sciences & Services at A T Still University of Health Sciences Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Iowa State University is a great place for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cleveland University - Kansas City landed the # 4 spot on the list. Cleveland is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Overland Park.

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Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 401
Iowa 55
Nebraska 91
Missouri 1,081
Kansas 143
South Dakota 135
North Dakota 11

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 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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