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Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$11,829 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$89,269 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Arizona. With 24,705 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Arizona 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Arizona Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health Professions

Our analysis found Arizona State University - Skysong to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Arizona. ASU - Skysong is a very large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Skysong are $9,982 per year.

ASU - Skysong also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #1.

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#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Grand Canyon University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Arizona. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great value for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at NAU are $11,555 a year.

NAU also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #5.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Tempe.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $12,608 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Tempe also took the #3 spot in our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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#5

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Out of the 6 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $13,460 per year.

University of Arizona did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 per year.

UOPX - Arizona also made our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 45,833
New Mexico 3,731
Oklahoma 6,642

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 6 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).

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