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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$10,681 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,096 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, public health students earned 2,111 degrees and certificates from a Texas school, making the subject the 5th in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Texas 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

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

Best Texas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

Our analysis found Texas A&M University - College Station to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Texas. Located in the city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $10,733 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #1 for overall quality for public health in Texas.

Full Public Health at Texas A&M University - College Station Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Texas Health Science Center helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Texas. UNT Health Science Center is a small public school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT Health Science Center are $11,039 per year.

Full Public Health at University of North Texas Health Science Center Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Medical Branch. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. UTMB Galveston is a small public school located in the fringe town of Galveston.

UTMB Galveston graduate students pay an average of $11,471 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at The University of Texas Medical Branch Report

Out of the 4 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the # 4 spot on the list. UTSA is a very large public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UTSA are $9,479 a year.

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Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Southwest Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 1,067
Oklahoma 312
New Mexico 159

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

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 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.

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