2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate 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. 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.
2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small 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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Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 2 spot on the list. ECU is a fairly 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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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 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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Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Memphis landed the # 4 spot on the list. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Memphis.
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Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Lynchburg landed the # 5 spot on the list. Lynchburg is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.
Women make up 75% of the public health majors at the school.
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Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Southern University landed the # 5 spot on the list. GaSou is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Statesboro.
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With a ranking of #7, Augusta University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
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With a ranking of #7, Old Dominion University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Old Dominion is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.
Of the 2 students majoring in public health at Old Dominion, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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Florida National University - Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate public health programs. Located in the large suburb of Hialeah, Florida National University - Main Campus is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate public health programs. UTHSC is a small public school located in the large city of Memphis.
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Request InformationMost Popular Online Public Health Colleges by State
Explore the most popular online public health schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Florida | 2,030 |
North Carolina | 1,477 |
Tennessee | 390 |
Kentucky | 371 |
Georgia | 1,455 |
West Virginia | 352 |
Virginia | 1,071 |
Alabama | 700 |
Louisiana | 362 |
Mississippi | 219 |
South Carolina | 859 |
Arkansas | 233 |
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Public Health Related Majors
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, public health has other similar majors worth exploring.
Public Health Concentrations
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Public Health
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.