2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You
Health Professions is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 977,800 degrees and certificates were awarded to students with this major.
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The Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 720 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.
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Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
About 84% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 16% are male.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Johns Hopkins University is a great place for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Of the 525 students majoring in health professions at Johns Hopkins, 21% are male and 79% are female.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in the United States. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 405 students majoring in health professions at Columbia, 16% are male and 84% are female.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maryville University of Saint Louis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Maryville U is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.
Women make up 87% of the health professions majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 313 students majoring in health professions at UC, 19% are male and 81% are female.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Florida did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. UF is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.
Women make up 74% of the health professions majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #7, A T Still University of Health Sciences did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Kirksville, A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Of the 220 students majoring in health professions at A T Still University of Health Sciences, 45% are male and 55% are female.
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University of Maryland - Baltimore ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Baltimore, UMB is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Women make up 83% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Liberty University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 80% of the health professions majors at the school.
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With a ranking of #10, Benedictine University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Lisle, Benedictine U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
About 88% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 12% are male.
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Grand Canyon University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #11 on the list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
About 88% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 12% are male.
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George Washington University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 157 students majoring in health professions at GWU, 30% are male and 70% are female.
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University of Connecticut landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
Women make up 66% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Drexel University landed the #14 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
Women make up 70% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Purdue University Global landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the small city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 88% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 12% are male.
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University of South Alabama landed the #16 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the midsize city of Mobile, USA is a public school with a large student population.
Of the 150 students majoring in health professions at USA, 5% are male and 95% are female.
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Frontier Nursing University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #17 on the list. Frontier Nursing University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Hyden.
Women make up 96% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Regis College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #18 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Weston, Regis College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Of the 121 students majoring in health professions at Regis College, 16% are male and 84% are female.
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University of Iowa ranked #18 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 121 students majoring in health professions at Iowa, 35% are male and 65% are female.
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The University of Montana ranked #20 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 70% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 30% are male.
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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus ranked #21 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
Of the 115 students majoring in health professions at Pitt, 27% are male and 73% are female.
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San Diego State University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a very large student population.
Women make up 79% of the health professions majors at the school.
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California State University - Long Beach ranked #23 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools list. CSULB is a very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.
Women make up 83% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Nova Southeastern University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 107 students majoring in health professions at NUS Florida, 39% are male and 61% are female.
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Tufts University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for health professions students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #25 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Women make up 61% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Additional Award Winners
This section shows the rest of the schools awarded a Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools badge. Showing in this list means the college was ranked in the top 15% of the 720 different United States health professions schools we analyzed.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Health Professions students that almost earned our Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools award.
Health Professions by Region
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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.