2023 Most Popular Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California
Finding the Best Public Health Basic Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked 3rd in California. In fact, 5,024 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.
Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in California to see which basic certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Public Health program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California
Check out the public health basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.
Most Popular California Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Public Health
Our analysis found City College of San Francisco to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a basic certificate in California. City College of San Francisco is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Francisco.
Women make up 75% of the public health majors at the school.
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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Cabrillo College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in California. Located in the suburb of Aptos, Cabrillo College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Monterey Peninsula College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California list. Monterey Peninsula College is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Monterey.
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Out of the 5 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Rosa Junior College landed the # 3 spot on the list. SRJC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Santa Rosa.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Canada College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the suburb of Redwood City, Canada College is a public school with a small student population.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Oregon | 596 |
Washington | 621 |
Nevada | 119 |
Hawaii | 104 |
Alaska | 107 |
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 |
Majors Similar 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 5 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.