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2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Georgia

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

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Health is one of the most popular subjects to study in Georgia. With 1,455 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right 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 Georgia ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Georgia to see which graduate 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for public health majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

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

Read full report on Public Health at Georgia State University

#2

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Georgia is a great place for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Public Health at University of Georgia Report

#2

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Georgia Southern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in Georgia. Located in the town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Public Health at Georgia Southern University Report

#4

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Augusta University is a great place for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Augusta University is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Augusta.

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#4

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Emory University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in Georgia. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Atlanta.

Read full report on Public Health at Emory University

Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Health Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 2,030
North Carolina 1,477
Tennessee 390
Kentucky 371
West Virginia 352
Virginia 1,071
Louisiana 362
Mississippi 219
South Carolina 859
Alabama 700
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

Majors Similar to Public Health

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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