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2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

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

In 2020-2021, 977,800 health professions students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 32 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online undergraduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Community Care College the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for health professions students working on their undergraduate certificate. Community Care College is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Tulsa.

Of the 343 students majoring in health professions at Community Care College, 3% are male and 97% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Careers Institute - Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Southern Careers Institute - Austin is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Austin.

Of the 257 students majoring in health professions at Southern Careers Institute - Austin, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means American InterContinental University - Online is a great place for health professions students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Schaumburg, AIU Online is a private for-profit college with a large student population.

Of the 105 students majoring in health professions at AIU Online, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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#4

Bryan University

Tempe, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryan University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, Bryan University is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 97% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Out of the 32 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Careers Institute - San Antonio (NW Loop) landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Antonio, Southern Careers Institute - San Antonio (NW Loop) is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

About 86% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 14% are male.

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#6

Arlington Career Institute

Grand Prairie, TX

With a ranking of #6, Arlington Career Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their online undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Grand Prairie, Arlington Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

About 97% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 3% are male.

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#6

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX

Amarillo College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Amarillo College is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Amarillo.

Women make up 91% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Southern Careers Institute - San Antonio (SW Military Drive) did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for health professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Southern Careers Institute - San Antonio (SW Military Drive) is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.

Of the 258 students majoring in health professions at Southern Careers Institute - San Antonio (SW Military Drive), 7% are male and 93% are female.

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Southern Careers Institute - Harlingen did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for health professions students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Harlingen, Southern Careers Institute - Harlingen is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Of the 190 students majoring in health professions at Southern Careers Institute - Harlingen, 22% are male and 78% are female.

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Southern Careers Institute - Corpus Christi ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Southern Careers Institute - Corpus Christi is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Corpus Christi.

Women make up 92% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online health professions colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 24,705
Texas 45,833
New Mexico 3,731
Oklahoma 6,642

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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.

  • 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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