2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast 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. 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.
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 the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 31 schools in the Southeast 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.
Top 10 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found University of Lynchburg to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Lynchburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.
Lynchburg graduate students pay an average of $11,759 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Lynchburg also did well on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 31 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.
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Out of the 31 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Augusta University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Augusta University are $20,712 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Augusta University also did well on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UAMS is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAMS are $17,652 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UofM is a very large public school located in the city of Memphis.
UofM graduate students pay an average of $14,544 in tuition and fees each year.
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Western Kentucky University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. WKU is a large public school located in the city of Bowling Green.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WKU are $18,340 a year.
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Shenandoah University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate public health programs. Shenandoah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Winchester.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Shenandoah are $23,430 per year.
Shenandoah excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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With a ranking of #8, East Carolina University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.
ECU graduate students pay an average of $20,743 in tuition and fees each year.
ECU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.
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The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. UTHSC is a small public school located in the large city of Memphis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTHSC are $27,116 a year.
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With a ranking of #10, Georgia Southern University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. GaSou is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Statesboro.
GaSou graduate students pay an average of $22,004 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Public Health Colleges by State
Explore the best public health schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Florida | 2,030 |
| North Carolina | 1,477 |
| Tennessee | 390 |
| Kentucky | 371 |
| Georgia | 1,455 |
| West Virginia | 352 |
| Virginia | 1,071 |
| Alabama | 700 |
| Louisiana | 362 |
| Mississippi | 219 |
| South Carolina | 859 |
| Arkansas | 233 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 25 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).
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