2023 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate School for You
Health Professions is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 977,800 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.
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The Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 1,592 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the best for health professions majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.
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Our 2023 rankings named Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing the best school in the United States for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Holy Name Medical Center School of Nursing helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in the United States. Holy Name Medical Center School of Nursing is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Teaneck.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Bethlehem, St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Center for Arts and Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Eastern Center for Arts and Technology is a fairly small public school located in the large suburb of Willow Grove.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Harmony Health Care Institute is a great place for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Harmony Health Care Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Merrimack.
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Westchester College of Nursing & Allied Health landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Westchester College of Nursing & Allied Health is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
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Trinity Health System School of Nursing came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Trinity Health System School of Nursing is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Steubenville.
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Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Shawsheen Valley School of Practical Nursing is a fairly small public school located in the suburb of Billerica.
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Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing ranked #9 on this year’s Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, West Penn Hospital School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Bay Area Medical Academy landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Bay Area Medical Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.
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Unitek College ranked #11 on this year’s Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Unitek College is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of South San Francisco.
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UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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Citizens School of Nursing ranked #13 on this year’s Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Citizens School of Nursing is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of New Kensington.
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UPMC Mercy School of Nursing ranked #14 on this year’s Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
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Center for Allied Health Education landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, Center for Allied Health Education is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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Greater Lowell Technical School did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #16 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Tyngsboro, Greater Lowell Technical School is a public college with a fairly small student population.
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Southeastern Technical Institute came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Southeastern Technical Institute is a fairly small public school located in the rural area of South Easton.
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Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for health professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #18 on the list. Located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program is a public school with a fairly small student population.
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Unitek College came in at #19 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Unitek College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Hayward.
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UPMC Jameson School of Nursing ranked #20 on this year’s Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of New Castle, UPMC Jameson School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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With a ranking of #21, Cass Career Center did quite well on this year’s best schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of Harrisonville, Cass RIX School District is a public college with a fairly small student population.
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Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing landed the #22 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the suburb of Hicksville, Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing is a public college with a fairly small student population.
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Indiana Wellness College came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Indiana Wellness College is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Indianapolis.
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With a ranking of #24, Washington Hospital School of Nursing did quite well on this year’s best schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Washington Hospital School of Nursing is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Washington.
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Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing ranked #25 on this year’s Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Pottsville, Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
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Additional Award Winners
This list represents the remainder of the colleges awarded a Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools badge. Showing in this list means the school was ranked in the top 15% of the 1592 different United States health professions schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional great schools for Health Professions students that almost earned our Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools award.
Health Professions by Region
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Rankings in Majors Related to Health Professions
Health Professions Majors to Study
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 |
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 25 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.