2023 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
Finding the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 17,510 degrees and certificates from a Virginia school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 35 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best undergraduate certificate programs 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 Virginia
The colleges and universities below are the best for health professions majors pursuing a undergraduate certificate.
Top 10 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Standard Healthcare Services - College of Nursing the best school in Virginia for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Falls Church, Standard College of Nursing is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Eastern Virginia Career College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Virginia. Eastern Virginia Career College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Fredericksburg.
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Out of the 35 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Centra College of Nursing landed the # 3 spot on the list. Centra College of Nursing is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at ECPI University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best health professions schools in Virginia. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, ECPI University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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Out of the 35 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Centura College - Richmond Main landed the # 5 spot on the list. Centura College - Richmond Main is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Richmond.
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Radford University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. Radford is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Radford.
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Northern Virginia Community College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Annandale.
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Riverside College of Health Careers landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Riverside College of Health Careers is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Newport News.
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Old Dominion University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best undergraduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the midsize city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public school with a very large student population.
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Chester Career College ranked #10 on this year’s Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Richmond School of Health and Technology is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of CHESTER.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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North Carolina | 18,617 |
West Virginia | 5,590 |
South Carolina | 7,283 |
Florida | 49,046 |
Arkansas | 6,286 |
Mississippi | 6,374 |
Tennessee | 13,576 |
Louisiana | 7,992 |
Alabama | 12,636 |
Kentucky | 10,991 |
Georgia | 15,658 |
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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).
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