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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

14 Colleges
$30,400 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,096 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

Public Health is the #25 most popular major in the country with 40,596 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 14 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for public health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for public health majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top 10 Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Saint Joseph’s College of Maine the best value school in the New England Region for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Saint Joseph’s Maine are $9,766 per year.

Full Public Health at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine Report

#2

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

Out of the 14 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Saint Joseph landed the # 2 spot on the list. USJ is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Hartford.

USJ graduate students pay an average of $15,264 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. MCPHS University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

MCPHS University graduate students pay an average of $24,060 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Quinnipiac University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Quinnipiac is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Hamden.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Quinnipiac are $20,340 per year.

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#5

University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small city of Burlington, UVM is a public school with a large student population.

UVM graduate students pay an average of $33,246 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 a year.

Full Public Health at University of Massachusetts Amherst Report

#7

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 per year.

Tufts also made our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #2.

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#8

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

University of New England ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UNE is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Biddeford.

UNE graduate students pay an average of $29,352 in tuition and fees each year.

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Central Connecticut State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for public health students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CCSU are $26,072 per year.

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With a ranking of #10, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. UNH is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNH are $29,992 a year.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,567
Connecticut 366
New Hampshire 553
Maine 171
Rhode Island 172
Vermont 72

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

Majors Similar to Public Health

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 14 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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