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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$21,676 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,096 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,477 degrees and certificates were awarded to public health students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Check out the public health graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Public Health at East Carolina University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in North Carolina. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Greensboro are $8,265 a year.

Read full report on Public Health at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NC State are $11,703 a year.

NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Public Health at North Carolina State University

#4

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in North Carolina. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year.

Duke also made our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Public Health at Duke University

Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Public Health Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,455
Virginia 1,071
Florida 2,030
Tennessee 390
Kentucky 371
South Carolina 859
Louisiana 362
Arkansas 233
Alabama 700
Mississippi 219
West Virginia 352

Public Health is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

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 Article 25 Flickr.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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