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

13 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.

The Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs 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.

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

About 82% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 18% are male.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at East Carolina University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Southeast Region . ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.

Of the 16 students majoring in public health at ECU, 13% are male and 88% are female.

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#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. WKU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bowling Green.

Women make up 93% of the public health majors at the school.

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#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Memphis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Memphis.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Memphis

#5

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Lynchburg helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Southeast Region . Lynchburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Women make up 75% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Lynchburg

#5

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Georgia Southern University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Southeast Region . GaSou is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Statesboro.

Read full report on Public Health at Georgia Southern University

#7

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Old Dominion University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate public health programs. Old Dominion is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.

Of the 2 students majoring in public health at Old Dominion, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Public Health at Old Dominion University Report

#7

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Augusta University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Florida National University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Hialeah, Florida National University - Main Campus is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Public Health at Florida National University - Main Campus Report

The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UTHSC is a small public school located in the large city of Memphis.

Read full report on Public Health at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

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State Degrees Awarded
Florida 2,030
North Carolina 1,477
Tennessee 390
Georgia 1,455
Kentucky 371
West Virginia 352
Virginia 1,071
Alabama 700
Louisiana 362
Mississippi 219
South Carolina 859
Arkansas 233

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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 13 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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