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2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate 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.

The Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 16 schools in the New England Region 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.

Check out the public health graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Connecticut the most popular school in the New England Region for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 61% of the public health majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 82% of the public health majors at the school.

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#3

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Vermont helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Burlington, UVM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 89% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 11% are male.

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Out of the 16 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.

About 88% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 13% are male.

Full Public Health at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Report

#5

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Out of the 16 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

About 71% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 29% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the New England Region . MCPHS University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

About 57% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 43% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts - Lowell helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the New England Region . Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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#8

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

With a ranking of #8, University of Saint Joseph did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. USJ is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Hartford.

Women make up 80% of the public health majors at the school.

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Saint Joseph’s College of Maine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for public health students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.

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

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#9

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

Quinnipiac University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate public health programs. Quinnipiac is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hamden.

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

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,567
Connecticut 366
New Hampshire 553
Maine 171
Vermont 72
Rhode Island 172

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 16 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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