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

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

With 40,596 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public health is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. 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.

The Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region .

Our analysis found A T Still University of Health Sciences to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 56% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 44% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.

About 76% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 24% are male.

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#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 97% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 3% are male.

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#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Plains States Region . K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

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

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#6

Park University

Parkville, MO

Park University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.

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

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#7

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

University of North Dakota ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. UND is a large public school located in the small city of Grand Forks.

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Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Des Moines, Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate public health programs. Nebraska Methodist College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

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State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 962
Iowa 310
Missouri 888
Nebraska 149
Kansas 107
South Dakota 45
North Dakota 46

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Public Health is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Public Health Focus Areas

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 9 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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