2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate School for You
Information Technology is the #42 most popular major in the country with 40,555 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 52 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
Check out the online IT graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the most popular online school in the United States for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 36% of the IT majors at the school.
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Out of the 52 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Global Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public school with a very large student population.
Of the 149 students majoring in IT at UMGC, 65% are male and 35% are female.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Sans Technology Institute is a great place for information technology students working on their online graduate certificate. Sans Technology Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Bethesda.
About 5% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 95% are male.
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Out of the 52 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
Women make up 32% of the IT majors at the school.
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Out of the 52 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 49 students majoring in IT at Towson, 53% are male and 47% are female.
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American Public University System came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
Of the 38 students majoring in IT at American Military University, 68% are male and 32% are female.
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With a ranking of #7, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information technology students working on their online graduate certificate. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.
About 29% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 71% are male.
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Auburn University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for information technology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 23 students majoring in IT at Auburn, 57% are male and 43% are female.
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Capella University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate information technology programs. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 53% of the IT majors at the school.
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University of Memphis ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a very large student population.
Of the 18 students majoring in IT at UofM, 33% are male and 67% are female.
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Majors Related to IT
Information Technology is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to IT
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Computer Information Systems | 88,434 |
| Computer Science | 59,565 |
| Information Science | 18,325 |
| Computer Systems Networking | 14,700 |
| Computer Software & Applications | 14,336 |
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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.
More about our data sources and methodologies.