2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 366 degrees and certificates were awarded to public health students who went to a Connecticut college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Connecticut to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for public health students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health
Our 2023 rankings named University of Saint Joseph the best value school in Connecticut for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
USJ graduate students pay an average of $15,264 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Connecticut State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. CCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of New Britain.
CCSU graduate students pay an average of $12,848 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 4 schools in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Quinnipiac University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Quinnipiac are $20,340 a year.
Quinnipiac did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $20,325 per year.
UCONN also made our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list, coming in at #5.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Massachusetts | 1,567 |
New Hampshire | 553 |
Maine | 171 |
Rhode Island | 172 |
Vermont | 72 |
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Public Health Related Majors for Public Health
Public Health is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Public Health
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 Article 25 Flickr.
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