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Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, health sciences and services was ranked #34 in the country. In fact 35,945 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Sciences & Services program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found American College of Healthcare Sciences to be the most popular school for health sciences and services students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . American College of Healthcare Sciences is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

About 96% of the students majoring in health science at the school are women while 4% are male.

Full Health Sciences & Services at American College of Healthcare Sciences Report

#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Sciences & Services Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at San Francisco State University

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at California State University - San Marcos helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health sciences and services schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large suburb of San Marcos, CSUSM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Health Sciences & Services at California State University - San Marcos

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California State University - Fresno is a great place for health sciences and services students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno State is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Health Sciences & Services at California State University - Fresno Report

Best Health Sciences & Services Colleges by State

Explore the best health sciences and services schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 5,947
Washington 394
Oregon 350
Nevada 432
Alaska 1

One of 30 majors within the area of study, health sciences and services has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 Sandra M. Palumbo.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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