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2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon

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

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, public health students earned 596 degrees and certificates from an Oregon school, making the subject the 3rd in the state.

With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Oregon ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Oregon to see which ones were the most popular graduate 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Our 2023 rankings named Oregon State University the most popular school in Oregon for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Oregon State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

Women make up 75% of the public health majors at the school.

Full Public Health at Oregon State University Report

Out of the 4 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon Health & Science University landed the # 2 spot on the list. OHSU is a small public school located in the city of Portland.

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

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Out of the 4 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Portland State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 50% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at Portland State University

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western Oregon University is a great place for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the fringe town of Monmouth.

Read full report on Public Health at Western Oregon University

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State Degrees Awarded
California 5,024
Washington 621
Nevada 119
Hawaii 104
Alaska 107

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 4 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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