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2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$20,714 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$61,096 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri

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

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Public Health

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri State University - Springfield the best value school in Missouri for public health students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $6,858 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Public Health at Missouri State University - Springfield

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Mizzou are $11,255 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mizzou is ranked #2 for overall quality for public health in Missouri.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Missouri - Columbia

#3

Park University

Parkville, MO

Out of the 5 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Park University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Park University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Parkville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Park University are $6,435 per year.

Read full report on Public Health at Park University

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 remote town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college 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.

Full Public Health at A T Still University of Health Sciences Report

#5

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

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.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SLU are $22,614 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, SLU is ranked #4 for overall quality for public health in Missouri.

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Best Value Public Health Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 962
Kansas 107
Iowa 310
Nebraska 149
North Dakota 46
South Dakota 45

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

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 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.

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