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2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

10 Colleges
$61,096 Avg Salary
$21,203 Avg Student Debt

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Chamberlain University - Illinois to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Chamberlain - Illinois is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Addison.

Women make up 55% of the public health majors at the school.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Illinois at Springfield helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Great Lakes Region . UIS is a small public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

About 63% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 38% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Indiana University - Bloomington helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Great Lakes Region . IU Bloomington is a very large public school located in the city of Bloomington.

Read full report on Public Health at Indiana University - Bloomington

#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Great Lakes Region . Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

Women make up 71% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at Michigan State University

Union Institute & University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Union is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

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Baldwin Wallace University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Baldwin Wallace College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Berea.

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Concordia University, Wisconsin ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Mequon, Concordia University, Wisconsin is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on Public Health at Concordia University, Wisconsin

#9

American College of Education

Indianapolis, IN

With a ranking of #9, American College of Education did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Indianapolis, American College of Education is a private for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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Medical College of Wisconsin landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate public health programs. Medical College of Wisconsin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Milwaukee.

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Explore the most popular online public health schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

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

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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 10 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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