2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Public Health Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 888 degrees and certificates were awarded to public health students who went to a Missouri college or university. This makes it the #23 most popular major in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Missouri 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 Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health
Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the best value school for public health students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Missouri. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Missouri State are $6,858 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great value for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $11,255 per year.
Mizzou not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Park University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value public health schools in Missouri. Park University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.
Park University graduate students pay an average of $6,435 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 5 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, A T Still University of Health Sciences landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
A T Still University of Health Sciences graduate students pay an average of $42,128 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 5 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Louis University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SLU are $22,614 per year.
SLU also took the #4 spot in our Best Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri rankings.
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Request InformationBest Value Public Health Colleges in the Plains States Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Minnesota | 962 |
Kansas | 107 |
Iowa | 310 |
Nebraska | 149 |
North Dakota | 46 |
South Dakota | 45 |
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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 5 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.