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2023 Most Popular Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best Public Health Undergraduate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate 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 undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach the most popular school in the Southeast Region for public health students working on their undergraduate certificate. Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Virginia Beach.

Read full report on Public Health at Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach

Our analysis found Eastern Florida State College to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the Southeast Region . EFSC is a large public school located in the large suburb of Cocoa.

Full Public Health at Eastern Florida State College Report

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at East Tennessee State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the Southeast Region . ETSU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Johnson City.

Read full report on Public Health at East Tennessee State University

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Florida State College at Jacksonville is a great place for public health students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Jacksonville, FSCJ is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Public Health at Florida State College at Jacksonville Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UAB is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Birmingham.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Alabama at Birmingham

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Itawamba Community College is a great place for public health students working on their undergraduate certificate. ICC is a small public school located in the remote town of Fulton.

Read full report on Public Health at Itawamba Community College

Out of the 8 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Wytheville Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. WCC is a small public school located in the town of Wytheville.

Full Public Health at Wytheville Community College Report

Out of the 8 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hillsborough Community College landed the # 3 spot on the list. HCC is a large public school located in the large city of Tampa.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

Explore the best public health schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 2,030
North Carolina 1,477
Tennessee 390
Georgia 1,455
Kentucky 371
West Virginia 352
Virginia 1,071
Alabama 700
Louisiana 362
Mississippi 219
South Carolina 859
Arkansas 233

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 8 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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