2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama
With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.
The Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Alabama 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 Alabama
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Our analysis found University of South Alabama to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Alabama. Located in Mobile, Alabama, the fairly large public school handed out 150 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 95% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 75% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakwood University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Oakwood University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Huntsville, Alabama that handed out 13 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Oakwood is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Samford University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Samford University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Birmingham, Alabama that handed out 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 90% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2019-2020 about 53% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list. Birmingham, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 54 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 93% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 58% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Columbia Southern University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Alabama. Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit institution located in Orange Beach, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 7 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $31,086 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 57% were women.
Columbia Southern University is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Troy 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 #6 on the list. This fairly large public school is located in Troy, Alabama, and it awarded 6 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Around 77% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #7, Jacksonville State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Jacksonville State University is located in Jacksonville, Alabama and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 93% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of North Alabama landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate healthcare programs. UNA is located in Florence, Alabama and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Around 95% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #9, Spring Hill College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 75% took at least some of their classes online.
Herzing University - Birmingham came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Herzing University - Birmingham. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 10 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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