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2023 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

14 Colleges
$61,096 Avg Salary
$21,203 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate 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.

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 Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 14 schools in the New England Region 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 Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for public health majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Tufts University the best school in the New England Region for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a great place for public health students working on their graduate certificate. MCPHS University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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#3

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Saint Joseph is a great place for public health students working on their graduate certificate. USJ is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Hartford.

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#6

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

Quinnipiac University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate public health programs. Quinnipiac is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hamden.

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With a ranking of #7, Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well on this year’s best schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.

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#8

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

University of New England came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. UNE is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Biddeford.

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University of Connecticut landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate public health programs. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of New Hampshire - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UNH is a large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,567
Connecticut 366
New Hampshire 553
Maine 171
Vermont 72
Rhode Island 172

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

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 14 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

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