2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, public health students earned 366 degrees and certificates from a Connecticut school, making the subject the 6th in the state.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Connecticut 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health
Our 2023 rankings named University of Saint Joseph the best value school in Connecticut for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at USJ are $15,264 a year.
USJ not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Central Connecticut State University is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. CCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of New Britain.
CCSU graduate students pay an average of $12,848 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Quinnipiac University is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Quinnipiac are $20,340 per year.
Quinnipiac also made our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list, coming in at #3.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Connecticut. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCONN are $20,325 a year.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 1,567 |
New Hampshire | 553 |
Maine | 171 |
Vermont | 72 |
Rhode Island | 172 |
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Public Health Related Majors for Public Health
Public Health is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Public Health Focus Areas
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 |
Majors Similar 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 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.
More about our data sources and methodologies.