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Most Popular Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky

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2023 Most Popular Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky

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Finding the Best Public Health Basic Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, public health students earned 371 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Public Health Basic Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Kentucky 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.

Check out the public health basic certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Kentucky.

#1

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Our analysis found Western Kentucky University to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Kentucky. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in public health at WKU, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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A rank of #2 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. Located in the town of Prestonsburg, Big Sandy Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

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Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Florida 2,030
North Carolina 1,477
Tennessee 390
Georgia 1,455
West Virginia 352
Virginia 1,071
Alabama 700
Louisiana 362
Mississippi 219
South Carolina 859
Arkansas 233

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 2 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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