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2023 Most Popular Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

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

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked 4th in Minnesota. In fact, 962 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

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.

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 Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Minnesota 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 Minnesota.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular school in Minnesota for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 32 students majoring in public health at Capella University, 3% are male and 97% are female.

Read full report on Public Health at Capella University

Out of the 3 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

While working on their Graduate Certificate, public health majors at UMN Twin Cities accumulate an average of around $24,830 in student debt.

Full Public Health at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

Best Public Health Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Public Health Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Iowa 310
Missouri 888
Nebraska 149
Kansas 107
South Dakota 45
North Dakota 46

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 3 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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