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Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California

2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 54,872 degrees and certificates from a California school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 42 schools in California 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for health professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#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 California. SDSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Diego.

Of the 112 students majoring in health professions at SDSU, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means California State University - Long Beach is a great place for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 113 students majoring in health professions at CSULB, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

About 58% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 42% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

About 89% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 11% are male.

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#5

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at San Francisco State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in California. SFSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Francisco.

About 70% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 30% are male.

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#6

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

Keck Graduate Institute landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, KGI is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 69 students majoring in health professions at KGI, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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University of California - San Francisco ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. UCSF is a small public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Women make up 69% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#8

Biola University

La Mirada, CA

With a ranking of #8, Biola University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Biola is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of La Mirada.

About 89% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 11% are male.

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Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. CDU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Los Angeles.

Of the 52 students majoring in health professions at CDU, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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#10

National University

La Jolla, CA

National 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 #10 on the list. National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of La Jolla.

Of the 40 students majoring in health professions at National University, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Health Professions Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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).

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