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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

31 Colleges
$22,517 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,096 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Lynchburg the best value school in the Southeast Region for public health students working on their graduate certificate. 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.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Lynchburg also is in the top 15% of our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.

Full Public Health at University of Lynchburg Report

#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a fairly 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.

Read full report on Public Health at Liberty University

#3

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Augusta University is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Augusta University graduate students pay an average of $20,712 in tuition and fees each 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.

Read full report on Public Health at Augusta University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Southeast Region . UAMS is a small public school located in the 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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#5

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Southeast Region . UofM is a very large public school located in the large city of Memphis.

UofM graduate students pay an average of $14,544 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate public health programs. WKU is a large public school located in the small city of Bowling Green.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at WKU are $18,340 per year.

Read full report on Public Health at Western Kentucky University

#7

Shenandoah University

Winchester, VA

Shenandoah University 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 #7 on the list. Shenandoah is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Winchester.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Shenandoah are $23,430 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Shenandoah is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#8

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

East Carolina University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $20,743 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, ECU 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.

Full Public Health at East Carolina University Report

The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate public health programs. UTHSC is a small public school located in the city of Memphis.

UTHSC graduate students pay an average of $27,116 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Public Health at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

#10

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

Georgia Southern University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. GaSou is a very large public school located in the distant town of Statesboro.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GaSou are $22,004 per year.

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Best 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
Georgia 1,455
Kentucky 371
West Virginia 352
Virginia 1,071
Alabama 700
Louisiana 362
Mississippi 219
South Carolina 859
Arkansas 233

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

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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