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

6 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.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southwest 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.

Check out the online public health graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our analysis found University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . UOHSC is a small public school located in the large city of Oklahoma City.

About 54% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 46% are male.

Full Public Health at University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center Report

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas Health Science Center landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, UNT Health Science Center is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 63% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at University of North Texas Health Science Center

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.

Women make up 67% of the public health majors at the school.

Full Public Health at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Stillwater, OSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Skysong is a great place for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Public Health at Arizona State University - Skysong

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northeastern State University is a great place for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. NSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Tahlequah.

Read full report on Public Health at Northeastern State University

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State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,111
Arizona 1,067
Oklahoma 312
New Mexico 159

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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

Majors Similar to Public Health

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 6 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.

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