2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You
Public Health is one of the most popular subjects to study in Georgia. With 1,455 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Georgia 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 Georgia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health
Our 2023 rankings named Augusta University the best value school in Georgia for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Augusta.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Augusta University are $7,444 a year.
Augusta University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Georgia Southern University is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public school with a fairly large student population.
GaSou graduate students pay an average of $7,100 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 Georgia. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UGA are $11,156 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UGA is ranked #2 for overall quality for public health in Georgia.
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Out of the 5 schools in Georgia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Georgia State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Atlanta.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Georgia State are $9,292 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Emory University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Georgia. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Emory are $45,684 per year.
Emory also made our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia list, coming in at #3.
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Request InformationBest 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 |
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Florida | 2,030 |
North Carolina | 1,477 |
Tennessee | 390 |
Kentucky | 371 |
West Virginia | 352 |
Virginia | 1,071 |
Alabama | 700 |
Louisiana | 362 |
Mississippi | 219 |
South Carolina | 859 |
Arkansas | 233 |
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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 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.