2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Baldwin Wallace University to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Baldwin Wallace College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Berea.
Baldwin Wallace College graduate students pay an average of $11,363 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Baldwin Wallace College also did well on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Wisconsin landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Mequon, Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Wisconsin are $11,760 per year.
Concordia University, Wisconsin also claimed a spot on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chamberlain University - Illinois. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Chamberlain - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the suburb of Addison.
Chamberlain - Illinois graduate students pay an average of $14,090 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 18 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Springfield. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. UIS is a small public school located in the city of Springfield.
UIS graduate students pay an average of $16,757 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #6, Central Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.
Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in tuition and fees each year.
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Benedictine University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lisle.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Benedictine U are $19,640 a year.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Wisconsin - Madison did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.
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With a ranking of #9, Loyola University Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Loyola Chicago are $19,894 a year.
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Indiana University - Bloomington landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate public health programs. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bloomington.
IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $33,352 in tuition and fees each year.
IU Bloomington also took the #5 spot in our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.
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Request InformationBest Public Health Colleges by State
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Illinois | 1,675 |
Ohio | 985 |
Michigan | 992 |
Indiana | 860 |
Wisconsin | 297 |
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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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 18 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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