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2023 Most Popular Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

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$18,354 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked 3rd in California. In fact, 5,024 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California to see which undergraduate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Sacramento City College

Sacramento, CA

Our analysis found Sacramento City College to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in California. Sacramento City is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Sacramento.

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#2

Mission College

Santa Clara, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mission College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in the medium-sized city of Santa Clara, Mission College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#2

Cabrillo College

Aptos, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Cabrillo College is a great place for public health students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Aptos, Cabrillo College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, San Joaquin Delta College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Delta is a large public school located in the large city of Stockton.

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State Degrees Awarded
Oregon 596
Washington 621
Nevada 119
Hawaii 104
Alaska 107

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

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 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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