2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 977,800 health professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.
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The Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 109 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for health professions students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 15% Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Columbia Southern University the best value school in the Southeast Region for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the fringe town of Orange Beach, Columbia Southern University is a private for-profit school with a large student population.
Columbia Southern University graduate students pay an average of $4,035 in tuition and fees each year.
Columbia Southern University also claimed a spot on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delta State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Delta State University is a small public school located in the town of Cleveland.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Delta State University are $8,360 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Wheeling University is a great value for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Wheeling, Wheeling University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wheeling University are $10,160 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Union College Kentucky. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Union College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Barbourville.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Union College are $8,210 a year.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Lynchburg did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lynchburg are $11,759 per year.
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Lindsey Wilson College landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health professions programs. Lindsey Wilson College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Columbia.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Lindsey Wilson College are $9,719 per year.
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Gardner - Webb University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Boiling Springs.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Gardner - Webb are $10,130 a year.
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With a ranking of #9, Louisiana Tech University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.
Louisiana Tech graduate students pay an average of $12,690 in tuition and fees each year.
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Frontier Nursing University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Frontier Nursing University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Hyden.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Frontier Nursing University are $20,780 a year.
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Pfeiffer University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Pfeiffer University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Misenheimer.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Pfeiffer University are $12,240 per year.
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Union University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Union is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Jackson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Union are $11,666 a year.
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Nicholls 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 #13 on the list. Located in the small city of Thibodaux, Nicholls State University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Nicholls State University are $9,177 per year.
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Anderson University South Carolina came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Anderson University South Carolina are $11,643 per year.
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ranked #15 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Little Rock, UAMS is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UAMS are $17,652 a year.
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Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the small city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public school with a large student population.
A-State graduate students pay an average of $11,408 in tuition and fees each year.
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These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | South University’s online programs | Savannah, GA |
| 18 | Georgia Southwestern State University | Americus, GA |
| 19 | Lipscomb University | Nashville, TN |
| 20 | University of South Alabama | Mobile, AL |
| 21 | Southern Adventist University | Collegedale, TN |
Best Health Professions Colleges by State
Explore the best health professions colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 18,617 |
| 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 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 26 schools only.
- 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.
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