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2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

5 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 1,786 degrees and certificates from a Maryland school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Maryland 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for public health majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Johns Hopkins University the most popular school in Maryland for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore.

Women make up 81% of the public health majors at the school.

After completing their Graduate Certificate, public health graduates from Johns Hopkins carry an average student debt load of $17,315.

Read full report on Public Health at Johns Hopkins University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. UMCP is a very large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

Women make up 85% of the public health majors at the school.

Full Public Health at University of Maryland - College Park Report

Out of the 5 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMB is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Baltimore.

Women make up 86% of the public health majors at the school.

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#4

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

Out of the 5 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Baltimore landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Baltimore, UB is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Baltimore

#5

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Morgan State University is a great place for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Morgan State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Baltimore.

Read full report on Public Health at Morgan State University

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State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,959
Pennsylvania 1,486
New Jersey 942
District of Columbia 833
Delaware 204

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 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.

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