2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 18,617 degrees and certificates from a North Carolina school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.
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The Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 16 schools in North Carolina to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for health professions students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. ECU is a very large public school located in the city of Greenville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ECU are $7,594 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a great value for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. UNCW is a large public school located in the midsize city of Wilmington.
UNCW graduate students pay an average of $7,514 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Winston - Salem State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. WSSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Winston-Salem.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WSSU are $6,718 a year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Appalachian State University is a great value for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Appalachian State is a very large public school located in the distant town of Boone.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Appalachian State are $8,007 a year.
Appalachian State also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list, coming in at #5.
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Out of the 16 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Fayetteville, Fayetteville State University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fayetteville State University are $5,835 per year.
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Western Carolina University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public school with a large student population.
WCU graduate students pay an average of $7,480 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best value schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $8,265 per year.
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North Carolina A & T State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the city of Greensboro, NC A&T is a public school with a large student population.
NC A&T graduate students pay an average of $7,938 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the city of Charlotte, UNC Charlotte is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Charlotte are $7,713 a year.
UNC Charlotte also took the #4 spot in our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina rankings.
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Gardner - Webb University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the town of Boiling Springs, Gardner - Webb is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Gardner - Webb graduate students pay an average of $10,130 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| 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 16 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.