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2023 Most Popular 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in the United States 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 Medical Science program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Oregon Health & Science University the most popular school in the United States for medical science students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Portland, OHSU is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 30 students majoring in medical science at OHSU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Out of the 30 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

Of the 14 students majoring in medical science at UC, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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Out of the 30 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center landed the # 2 spot on the list. UT Southwestern is a small public school located in the city of Dallas.

Of the 14 students majoring in medical science at UT Southwestern, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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A rank of #4 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 large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great place for medical science students working on their graduate certificate. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Women make up 57% of the medical science majors at the school.

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University of California - San Francisco came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UCSF is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Women make up 67% of the medical science majors at the school.

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools list. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Women make up 80% of the medical science majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medical science students working on their graduate certificate. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#9

Tufts University

Medford, MA

With a ranking of #9, Tufts University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for medical science students working on their graduate certificate. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

Women make up 50% of the medical science majors at the school.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for medical science students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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Medical Science by Region

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Southeast
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 30 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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