2023 Best Value Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for public health students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Public Health
Our analysis found Augusta University to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Augusta University are $24,400 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Augusta University is ranked #5 for overall quality for public health in the Southeast Region .
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. WKU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bowling Green.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WKU are $27,000 per year.
WKU 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 the Southeast Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UGA is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Athens.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UGA are $31,108 per year.
UGA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a great value for public health students working on their basic certificate. Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the town of Prestonsburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Big Sandy Community and Technical College are $15,240 a year.
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Request InformationBest Public Health Colleges by State
Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Florida | 2,030 |
| North Carolina | 1,477 |
| Tennessee | 390 |
| Kentucky | 371 |
| Georgia | 1,455 |
| West Virginia | 352 |
| Virginia | 1,071 |
| Alabama | 700 |
| Louisiana | 362 |
| Mississippi | 219 |
| South Carolina | 859 |
| Arkansas | 233 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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.
- 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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