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Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

2023 Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

35 Colleges
$27,865 Avg Salary
$12,990 Avg Student Debt

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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#2

Eastern Virginia Career College

Fredericksburg, VA

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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#3

Centra College of Nursing

Lynchburg, VA

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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#4

ECPI University

Virginia Beach, VA

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

Radford, VA

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

Norfolk, VA

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

CHESTER, VA

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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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
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

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 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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