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Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

67 Colleges
$89,269 Avg Salary
$23,211 Avg Student Debt

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.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 67 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Health Professions program at each school on the list.

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

#1

San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

Our analysis found San Diego State University to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 79% of the health professions majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at California State University - Long Beach helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in the Far Western US Region . CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

Women make up 83% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Out of the 67 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 102 students majoring in health professions at USC, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Out of the 67 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Northridge landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 91 students majoring in health professions at CSUN, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Of the 94 students majoring in health professions at Wazzu, 26% are male and 74% are female.

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#5

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

Out of the 67 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 84 students majoring in health professions at SFSU, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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#7

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

With a ranking of #7, Keck Graduate Institute did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. KGI is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Claremont.

Women make up 64% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#8

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR

Oregon State 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 #8 on the list. Oregon State is a very large public school located in the city of Corvallis.

About 88% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 12% are male.

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American College of Healthcare Sciences ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. American College of Healthcare Sciences is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

About 96% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 4% are male.

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Oregon Health & Science University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. OHSU is a small public school located in the large city of Portland.

Of the 63 students majoring in health professions at OHSU, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region award.

Rank College Location
11 University of California - San Francisco San Francisco, CA
12 Antioch University - Seattle Seattle, WA
12 Biola University La Mirada, CA

Best Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best health professions schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 54,872
Washington 10,021
Oregon 5,865
Hawaii 1,126
Nevada 4,207
Alaska 578

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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