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2023 Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools

28 Colleges
$47,664 Avg Salary
$26,812 Avg Student Debt

General Education is the #39 most popular major in the country with 29,810 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 General Education Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 28 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Our analysis found Northcentral University to be the most popular school for general education students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. Northcentral University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.

Women make up 80% of the education majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that education majors at Northcentral University take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $17,571.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Auburn University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 58% of the education majors at the school.

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Out of the 28 online programs at schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

About 85% of the students majoring in education at the school are women while 15% are male.

Education majors at Pitt take out an average of $25,278 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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#5

Union College Kentucky

Barbourville, KY

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Union College Kentucky helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in the United States. Union College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Barbourville.

Women make up 63% of the education majors at the school.

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University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for general education students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Of the 16 students majoring in education at Mizzou, 19% are male and 81% are female.

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University of Southern Mississippi landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate general education programs. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 11 students majoring in education at Southern Miss, 18% are male and 82% are female.

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University of North Alabama came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online General Education Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UNA is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Florence.

Women make up 78% of the education majors at the school.

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#8

Gratz College

Melrose Park, PA

With a ranking of #8, Gratz College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general education students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Melrose Park, Gratz College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#10

Post University

Waterbury, CT

Post University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate general education programs. Located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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One of 14 majors within the area of study, general education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 28 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 KOKUYO.

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