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2023 Most Popular Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Public Health Basic 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular basic certificate programs 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Basic Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Our analysis found University of Georgia to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a basic certificate in the Southeast Region . UGA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Athens.

Women make up 83% of the public health majors at the school.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Western Kentucky University is a great place for public health students working on their basic certificate. WKU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bowling Green.

About 80% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 20% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a great place for public health students working on their basic certificate. Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the remote town of Prestonsburg.

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#4

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

The in-demand basic certificate programs at Augusta University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Augusta, Augusta University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wytheville Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. WCC is a small public school located in the town of Wytheville.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Georgia landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Dahlonega, UNG is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The in-demand basic certificate programs at Southeastern Louisiana University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the Southeast Region . Southeastern is a large public school located in the small city of Hammond.

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#5

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

Out of the 8 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
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

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 8 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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