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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$26,133 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,096 Avg Salary

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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

The Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate 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.

2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

Our 2023 rankings named Oregon Health & Science University the best value school in the Far Western US Region for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Portland, OHSU is a public school with a small student population.

OHSU graduate students pay an average of $28,460 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend California State University - Northridge. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. CSUN is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSUN are $17,981 a year.

Full Public Health at California State University - Northridge Report

Out of the 9 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Reno landed the # 3 spot on the list. UNR is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Reno.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNR are $22,380 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wazzu are $28,190 per year.

Full Public Health at Washington State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNLV are $22,698 per year.

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Central Washington University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. CWU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Ellensburg.

CWU graduate students pay an average of $25,681 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Oregon State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the small city of Corvallis, Oregon State is a public school with a very large student population.

Oregon State graduate students pay an average of $29,420 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at Oregon State University Report

Portland State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Portland State University is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Portland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Portland State University are $24,009 per year.

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Claremont Graduate University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Claremont.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Claremont Graduate University are $36,380 per year.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 596
California 5,024
Washington 621
Nevada 119
Hawaii 104
Alaska 107

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 9 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.

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