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2023 Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

6 Colleges
$27,865 Avg Salary
$12,990 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in District of Columbia. With 3,705 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Technical Learning Centers Inc to be the most popular school for health professions students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in District of Columbia. Prospect College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Women make up 98% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#2

Career Technical Institute

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Career Technical Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the large city of Washington, Career Technical Institute is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

About 97% of the students majoring in health professions at the school are women while 3% are male.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Saint Michael College of Allied Health helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular health professions schools in District of Columbia. Saint Michael College of Allied Health is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Alexandria.

Women make up 81% of the health professions majors at the school.

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#4

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. Georgetown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Of the 12 students majoring in health professions at Georgetown, 67% are male and 33% are female.

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#5

Howard University

Washington, DC

Out of the 6 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Howard University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Howard is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

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George Washington University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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Best Health Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Health Professions Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 12,728
Pennsylvania 32,882
New York 45,482
Maryland 10,796
Delaware 2,277

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 6 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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