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2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

13 Colleges
$61,096 Avg Salary
$21,203 Avg Student Debt

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, public health was ranked #25 in the country. In fact 40,596 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online public health graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for public health students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 39 students majoring in public health at Liberty University, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 88% of the public health majors at the school.

Full Public Health at East Carolina University Report

#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Western Kentucky University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a large student population.

About 93% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 7% are male.

Full Public Health at Western Kentucky University Report

#4

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Memphis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Memphis

#5

University of Lynchburg

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Lynchburg. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in public health at the school are women while 25% are male.

Read full report on Public Health at University of Lynchburg

#5

Georgia Southern University

Statesboro, GA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Georgia Southern University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best public health schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the distant town of Statesboro, GaSou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Public Health at Georgia Southern University Report

#7

Augusta University

Augusta, GA

Augusta University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate public health programs. Augusta University is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Augusta.

Read full report on Public Health at Augusta University

#7

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

With a ranking of #7, Old Dominion University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 50% of the public health majors at the school.

Read full report on Public Health at Old Dominion University

Florida National University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Florida National University - Main Campus is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Hialeah.

Read full report on Public Health at Florida National University - Main Campus

With a ranking of #9, The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for public health students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Memphis, UTHSC is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Public Health at The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center

Explore the most popular online public health schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 1,455
Virginia 1,071
North Carolina 1,477
Florida 2,030
Tennessee 390
Kentucky 371
South Carolina 859
Louisiana 362
Arkansas 233
Alabama 700
Mississippi 219
West Virginia 352

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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 13 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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