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2023 Most Popular Online Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

7 Colleges
$54,329 Avg Salary
$18,750 Avg Student Debt

With 195,678 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, psychology is the #8 most popular major in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Plains States Region 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for psychology majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for psychology students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 89% of the psychology majors at the school.

Full Psychology at Capella University Report

Out of the 7 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fort Hays State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. FHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Hays.

About 94% of the students majoring in psychology at the school are women while 6% are male.

Read full report on Psychology at Fort Hays State University

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Missouri University of Science and Technology is a great place for psychology students working on their online graduate certificate. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Rolla.

Women make up 75% of the psychology majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. MSU Moorhead is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead.

Read full report on Psychology at Minnesota State University - Moorhead

Minnesota State University - Mankato ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State Mankato is a large public school located in the city of Mankato.

Full Psychology at Minnesota State University - Mankato Report

#7

Adler Graduate School

Richfield, MN

Adler Graduate School landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate psychology programs. Adler Graduate School is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Richfield.

Full Psychology at Adler Graduate School Report

Explore the most popular online psychology schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 1,451
Minnesota 6,179
Iowa 1,444
South Dakota 328
Missouri 3,062
Nebraska 994
North Dakota 369

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Psychology Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 141,695
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 33,758
Child Development & Psychology 17,542
Other Psychology 2,683

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 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 Nevit Dilmen.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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