2023 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington
Finding the Best Health Professions Undergraduate 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 28 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington
The following schools top our list of the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Perry Technical Institute the best school in Washington for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Perry Tech is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Yakima.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Charter College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Charter College is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Vancouver.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Pima Medical Institute - Renton helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Washington. Located in the midsize city of Renton, PMI Renton is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at North Seattle College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Washington. North Seattle is a small public school located in the large city of Seattle.
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Out of the 28 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Medical Institute - Seattle landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, PMI Seattle is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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Spokane Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington list. Spokane Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Spokane.
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With a ranking of #7, Wenatchee Valley College did quite well on this year’s best schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the small city of Wenatchee, WVC is a public college with a small student population.
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Bellevue College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Washington ranking. BC is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Bellevue.
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Seattle Central College 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 #9 on the list. Seattle Central is a small public school located in the city of Seattle.
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With a ranking of #10, Carrington College, Spokane did quite well on this year’s best schools for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Spokane, Carrington College, Spokane is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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California | 54,872 |
Oregon | 5,865 |
Hawaii | 1,126 |
Nevada | 4,207 |
Alaska | 578 |
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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.