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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$14,003 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,096 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, public health students earned 2,030 degrees and certificates from a Florida school, making the subject the 5th 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 Florida to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Florida 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 Florida Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

#1

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Florida Atlantic University the best value school in Florida for public health students working on their graduate certificate. FAU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Boca Raton.

FAU graduate students pay an average of $6,693 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Out of the 5 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the # 2 spot on the list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UF are $12,737 a year.

UF also made our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list, coming in at #1.

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Out of the 5 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida International University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $11,106 per year.

FIU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Florida National University - Main Campus is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Florida National University - Main Campus is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hialeah.

Florida National University - Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $16,688 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NUS Florida are $22,790 a year.

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Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Health Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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

Public Health is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Public Health Focus Areas

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

Majors Similar 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 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.

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