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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$22,429 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,096 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value graduate 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.

2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

Our analysis found California State University - Northridge to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. CSUN is a very large public school located in the city of Northridge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CSUN are $8,477 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Claremont Graduate University is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Claremont Graduate University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Claremont.

Claremont Graduate University graduate students pay an average of $36,380 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Health Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 596
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

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 2 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.

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