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2023 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

65 Colleges
$65,988 Avg Salary
$25,780 Avg Student Debt

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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

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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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwestern University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools 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.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO

Out of the 65 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Denver landed the # 4 spot on the list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

Of the 16 students majoring in liberal arts at DU, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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#5

Salus University

Elkins Park, PA

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Salus University is a great place for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. 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 college 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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#7

Tufts University

Medford, MA

With a ranking of #7, Tufts University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for liberal arts general studies students working on their graduate certificate. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the 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 ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. 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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#9

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

University of Memphis ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools 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.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Memphis Report

California State University - Los Angeles landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate liberal arts general studies programs. Cal State LA is a very 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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Additional Noteworthy Schools

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
12 Portland State University Portland, OR
12 University of Nebraska - Lincoln Lincoln, NE
12 University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Norman, OK

Liberal Arts General Studies by Region

View the Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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.

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