2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in California
A healthcare student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 15 schools in California to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in California
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Our analysis found California State University - Northridge to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Northridge, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 91 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 89% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at National University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in California. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 40 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 85% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 48% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northcentral University is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Northcentral University is located in San Diego, California and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 graduate certificates to qualified students.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,015 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 92% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, Northcentral University is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Brandman University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Located in Irvine, California, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 26 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 96% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, Brandman is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
You’ll be in good company if you attend West Coast University - Orange County. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. This small private for-profit school is located in Anaheim, California, and it awarded 23 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 70% of those degree recipients were women.
West Coast University - Orange County is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
California State University - San Marcos came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. San Marcos, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 88% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 99% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Southern California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 102 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 58% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 82% took at least some of their classes online.
San Diego State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in San Diego, California, the large public school awarded 112 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 79% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Samuel Merritt University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate healthcare programs. Samuel Merritt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Oakland, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 88% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 23% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
California State University - Dominguez Hills ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. CSUDH is located in Carson, California and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Around 97% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Golden Gate University - San Francisco ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in California list.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 58% took at least some of their classes online.
California Intercontinental University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate healthcare programs.
Since the graduate programs at California Intercontinental University are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Southern California University of Health Sciences landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate healthcare programs.
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University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, USAHS is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
United States University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. USU is a private for-profit institution located in San Diego, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Since the graduate programs at USU are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 15 schools only.
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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