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2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

8 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. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the New England 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for public health majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the most popular online school in the New England Region for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 82% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Massachusetts Amherst

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Vermont is a great place for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public school with a large student population.

About 89% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 11% are male.

Full Public Health at University of Vermont Report

#3

Tufts University

Medford, MA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Tufts University is a great place for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

About 71% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 29% are male.

Full Public Health at Tufts University Report

Out of the 8 online programs at schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the # 3 spot on the list. MCPHS University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

About 57% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 43% are male.

Read full report on Public Health at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

#5

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Saint Joseph. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. USJ is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Hartford.

Women make up 80% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Saint Joseph

Saint Joseph’s College of Maine came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.

About 50% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 50% are male.

Full Public Health at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Report

Franklin Pierce University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for public health students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the rural area of Rindge, Franklin Pierce is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Read full report on Public Health at Franklin Pierce University

#8

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

University of New England landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate public health programs. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Biddeford.

Read full report on Public Health at University of New England

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,567
Connecticut 366
New Hampshire 553
Maine 171
Vermont 72
Rhode Island 172

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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 8 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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