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Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

51 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.

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 Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 51 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 178 students majoring in health professions at Grand Canyon University, 12% are male and 88% are female.

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Out of the 51 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the # 2 spot on the list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

Women make up 89% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Out of the 51 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center landed the # 3 spot on the list. TTUHSC is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

About 73% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 27% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in the Southwest Region . UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the large city of San Antonio.

Women make up 59% of the health professions majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a great place for health professions students working on their graduate certificate. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Edinburg.

Women make up 80% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Texas A&M University - College Station 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 #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

About 62% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 38% are male.

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The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 54% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Texas Woman’s 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. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.

About 94% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 6% are male.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UTHealth is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.

Of the 33 students majoring in health professions at UTHealth, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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The University of Texas at San Antonio 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. UTSA is a very large public school located in the city of San Antonio.

Women make up 84% of the health professions majors at the school.

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Best Health Professions Colleges by State

Explore the best health professions schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

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

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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