2023 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 556,813 degrees and certificates were awarded to liberal arts general studies students, making the major the most popular in the country.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 65 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Liberal Arts General Studies program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the most popular school in the United States for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.
Women make up 52% of the liberal arts majors at the school.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Northwestern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular liberal arts general studies schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Women make up 58% of the liberal arts majors at the school.
The average amount in student loans that liberal arts majors at Northwestern take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $21,333.
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Out of the 65 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the # 3 spot on the list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.
Women make up 69% of the liberal arts majors at the school.
The average amount in student loans that liberal arts majors at Columbia take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $33,131.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Denver is a great place for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. DU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
Of the 16 students majoring in liberal arts at DU, 25% are male and 75% are female.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salus University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Elkins Park, Salus University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Of the 14 students majoring in liberal arts at Salus University, 14% are male and 86% are female.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the fringe town of Monmouth, Western Oregon State College is a public school with a small student population.
Of the 14 students majoring in liberal arts at Western Oregon State College, 7% are male and 93% are female.
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Tufts University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.
Of the 10 students majoring in liberal arts at Tufts, 10% are male and 90% are female.
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Saint Joseph’s College of Maine landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate liberal arts general studies programs. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.
About 56% of the students majoring in liberal arts at the school are women while 44% are male.
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University of Memphis did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for liberal arts general studies students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. UofM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Memphis.
Of the 7 students majoring in liberal arts at UofM, 29% are male and 71% are female.
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With a ranking of #10, California State University - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. Cal State LA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.
Women make up 67% of the liberal arts majors at the school.
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Here are some additional popular schools for Liberal Arts General Studies students that almost earned our Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools award.
| Rank | College | Location |
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| 12 | Portland State University | Portland, OR |
| 12 | University of Nebraska - Lincoln | Lincoln, NE |
| 12 | University of Oklahoma Norman Campus | Norman, OK |
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Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 31 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.