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2023 Best Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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Finding the Best Public Health Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 40,596 public health students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #4 most popular in the country.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for healthcare students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the public health basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Southwest Region Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Public Health

#1

Central Arizona College

Coolidge, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Central Arizona College the best school in the Southwest Region for public health students working on their basic certificate. Pinal County Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Coolidge.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona Western College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. AWC is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Yuma.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central New Mexico Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. CNM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,111
Arizona 1,067
Oklahoma 312
New Mexico 159

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Public Health Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
General Public Health 22,778
Public Health Education and Promotion 4,563
Other Public Health 3,432
Health Services Administration 3,119
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 2,272
International Public Health/International Health 1,599
Environmental Health 1,344
Behavioral Aspects of Health 814
Health/Medical Physics 258
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 211
Maternal and Child Health 163
Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality 43

Majors Similar to Public Health

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.

  • 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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