2023 Best Value Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Health Basic Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked 3rd in California. In fact, 5,024 were awarded in the state 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for public health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Public Health
Our 2023 rankings named Cabrillo College the best value school in California for public health students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Aptos, Cabrillo College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Cabrillo College undergraduate students pay an average of $1,262 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Cabrillo College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Canada College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Redwood City, Canada College is a public school with a small student population.
Canada College undergraduate students pay an average of $1,362 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Canada College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend City College of San Francisco. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California list. City College of San Francisco is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Francisco.
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Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Rosa Junior College landed the # 4 spot on the list. SRJC is a large public school located in the city of Santa Rosa.
SRJC undergraduate students pay an average of $1,328 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SRJC also is in the top 10% of our Best Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California ranking.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Oregon | 596 |
Washington | 621 |
Nevada | 119 |
Hawaii | 104 |
Alaska | 107 |
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Majors Related to Public Health
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.
Public Health Concentrations
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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.
- 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.