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2023 Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate School for You

Medical Science is the #25 most popular major in the country with 909 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 16 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Oregon Health & Science University to be the best school for medical science students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the large city of Portland, OHSU is a public school with a small student population.

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Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai landed the # 2 spot on the list. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus is a great place for medical science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. UT Southwestern is a small public school located in the large city of Dallas.

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#5

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Out of the 16 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Southern California landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate medical science programs. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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With a ranking of #7, University of California - San Francisco did quite well on this year’s best schools for medical science students working on their graduate certificate. UCSF is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

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#8

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate medical science programs. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

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University of Wisconsin - Madison ranked #9 on this year’s Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Columbia University in the City of New York came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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Medical Science by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Medical Science is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Medical Science Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Medical Scientist 853
Clinical and Translational Science 52
Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain 4

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 16 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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