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Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

2023 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

5 Colleges
$89,269 Avg Salary
$23,211 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Washington. With 10,021 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Washington Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health Professions

#1

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

Our analysis found Seattle University to be the best school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Washington. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Antioch University - Seattle. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Antioch University - Seattle is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Seattle.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Eastern Washington University is a great place for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a large student population.

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#5

Bastyr University

Kenmore, WA

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Bastyr University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Washington. Bastyr University is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Kenmore.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 54,872
Oregon 5,865
Hawaii 1,126
Nevada 4,207
Alaska 578

Health Professions Majors to Study

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
Public Health 40,596
Health Sciences & Services 35,945
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 29,833
Mental & Social Health Services 29,053
Medicine 28,629
Dental Support Services 26,399
Communication Sciences 22,298
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 20,393
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 18,901
Somatic Bodywork & Therapeutic Services 10,751
Health/Medical Prep Programs 9,210
Other Health Professions 7,984
Dentistry 6,770
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 6,158
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5,115
Alternative Medicine & Systems 3,564
Chiropractic 2,658
Health Aids/Attendants/Orderlies 2,374
Medical Illustration & Informatics 2,089
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,775
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 960
Medical Science 909
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 294
Alternative Medical Support Services 227
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 68

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).

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