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Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 18,617 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Check out the health professions graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Cabarrus College of Health Sciences the best school in North Carolina for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Concord, Cabarrus College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great place for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. UNCW is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Wilmington.

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Appalachian State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the distant town of Boone.

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#7

Pfeiffer University

Misenheimer, NC

Pfeiffer University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the rural area of Misenheimer, Pfeiffer University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC

Gardner - Webb University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the distant town of Boiling Springs, Gardner - Webb is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Winston - Salem State University

Winston-Salem, NC

With a ranking of #9, Winston - Salem State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. WSSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro ranked #10 on this year’s Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Health Professions Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
West Virginia 5,590
Mississippi 6,374
South Carolina 7,283
Florida 49,046
Virginia 17,510
Arkansas 6,286
Alabama 12,636
Kentucky 10,991
Georgia 15,658
Tennessee 13,576
Louisiana 7,992

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 16 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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