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

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$24,596 Avg Salary
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Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate 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 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate programs 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 undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our analysis found Northeast Technology Center-System Office to be the most popular school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southwest Region . Northeast Technology Center-System Office is a small public school located in the distant town of Pryor.

Women make up 89% of the health science majors at the school.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Northeast Technology Center-System Office

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Central New Mexico Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health sciences and services schools in the Southwest Region . CNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

About 54% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 46% are male.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at Central New Mexico Community College

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at New Mexico State University - Grants 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 . Located in the remote town of Grants, NMSU Grants is a public school with a fairly small student population.

Full Health Sciences & Services at New Mexico State University - Grants Report

#3

Metro Technology Centers

Oklahoma City, OK

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metro Technology Centers. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Metro Technology Centers is a small public school located in the city of Oklahoma City.

Full Health Sciences & Services at Metro Technology Centers 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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