2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia
Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, health professions students earned 17,510 degrees and certificates from a Virginia school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 17 schools in Virginia 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 Virginia
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Liberty University to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Virginia. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Women make up 80% of the health professions majors at the school.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Lynchburg helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in Virginia. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Lynchburg is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
About 71% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 29% are male.
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Out of the 17 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 47 students majoring in health professions at University of Virginia, 34% are male and 66% are female.
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Out of the 17 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 86% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 14% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shenandoah University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list. Located in the small city of Winchester, Shenandoah is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Women make up 93% of the health professions majors at the school.
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Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 23 students majoring in health professions at VCU, 22% are male and 78% are female.
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Old Dominion University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the city of Norfolk, Old Dominion is a public school with a very large student population.
Of the 6 students majoring in health professions at Old Dominion, 17% are male and 83% are female.
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Radford 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. Radford is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Radford.
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South University, Richmond landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate health professions programs. Located in the suburb of Glen Allen, South University, Richmond is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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Eastern Virginia Medical School came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Virginia ranking. Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk.
About 50% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 50% are male.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 18,617 |
| West Virginia | 5,590 |
| Mississippi | 6,374 |
| South Carolina | 7,283 |
| Florida | 49,046 |
| Arkansas | 6,286 |
| Alabama | 12,636 |
| Kentucky | 10,991 |
| Georgia | 15,658 |
| Tennessee | 13,576 |
| Louisiana | 7,992 |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 17 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.