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2023 Most Popular Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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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.

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 Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 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 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 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center the most popular school in the Southwest Region for medical science students working on their graduate certificate. UT Southwestern is a small public school located in the city of Dallas.

About 50% of the students majoring in medical science at the school are women while 50% are male.

Full Medical Science at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Report

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medical science schools in the Southwest Region . NAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Flagstaff.

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#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 5 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular medical science schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of San Antonio, UT Health San Antonio is a public school with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Medical Science Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UOHSC is a small public school located in the city of Oklahoma City.

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Best Medical Science Colleges by State

Explore the best medical science colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 48
Arizona 8
Oklahoma 6

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 5 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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