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2023 Best Value Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$15,881 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$18,354 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health Undergraduate 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Public Health

#1

South Suburban College

South Holland, IL

Our 2023 rankings named South Suburban College the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for public health students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of South Holland, SSC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SSC are $12,683 per year.

Full Public Health at South Suburban College Report

Out of the 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bryant & Stratton College - Parma landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Parma, Bryant & Stratton College - Parma is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Bryant & Stratton College - Parma undergraduate students pay an average of $19,078 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,675
Ohio 985
Michigan 992
Indiana 860
Wisconsin 297

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 2 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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