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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$24,818 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.

The Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

Our analysis found University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . UOHSC is a small public school located in the large city of Oklahoma City.

UOHSC graduate students pay an average of $22,154 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas A&M University - College Station helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Southwest Region . Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

Texas A&M College Station graduate students pay an average of $24,106 in tuition and fees each year.

Texas A&M College Station also made our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #1.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas Medical Branch helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the fringe town of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public college with a small student population.

UTMB Galveston graduate students pay an average of $21,997 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 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 University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNM are $20,487 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, New Mexico State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 per year.

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University of North Texas Health Science Center 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. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, UNT Health Science Center is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNT Health Science Center are $30,961 a year.

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University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona 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 #8 on the list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on this year’s best value schools for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UTSA are $27,560 per year.

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Best Public Health Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 2,111
Arizona 1,067
Oklahoma 312
New Mexico 159

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 9 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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