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Most Popular Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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2023 Most Popular Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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$18,354 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Public Health Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 40,596 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, public health is the #4 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Metropolitan Community College the most popular school in the Plains States Region for public health students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Omaha, MCC is a public school with a large student population.

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#2

Crowder College

Neosho, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Crowder College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Public Health Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the distant town of Neosho, Crowder College is a public college with a small student population.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Missouri Southern State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the city of Joplin.

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#2

Allen College

Waterloo, IA

The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Allen College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular public health schools in the Plains States Region . Allen College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Waterloo.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State College Southeast landed the # 2 spot on the list. MSC Southeast is a small public school located in the town of Winona.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 962
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 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.

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