2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked 4th in Illinois. In fact, 1,675 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.
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 Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Illinois 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.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health
Our 2023 rankings named Chamberlain University - Illinois the best value school in Illinois for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Chamberlain - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Addison.
Chamberlain - Illinois graduate students pay an average of $14,090 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Springfield. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. UIS is a small public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.
UIS graduate students pay an average of $11,111 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Benedictine University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Benedictine U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lisle.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Benedictine U are $19,640 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Illinois. Located in the large city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UChicago are $63,936 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UChicago is ranked #2 for overall quality for public health in Illinois.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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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 5 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.