2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 27 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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Top Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois
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Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern University the best school in Illinois for students working on their graduate certificate.
Graduate Certificate recipients from Northwestern accumulate an average of $21,679 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Northwestern does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 2% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 27 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list.
Out of the 27 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Francis landed the # 3 spot on the list.
One thing to take note of is that University of Saint Francis does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 89% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Out of the 27 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Olivet Nazarene University landed the # 4 spot on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Olivet Nazarene. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
UIC does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 95% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Bradley University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list.
Bradley does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 95% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Elmhurst University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Elmhurst. In 2019-2020 about 64% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Lewis University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
Online graduate courses are available at Lewis, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 85% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Loyola University Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at Loyola Chicago, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 92% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
National Louis University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at NLU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 59% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Illinois State University ranked #11 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Illinois State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 81% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #12, Concordia University, Chicago did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Concordia University, Chicago does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 98% took at least some of their classes online.
Dominican University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #13 on the list.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $34,913 in student loans.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Dominican U. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 89% took at least some of their classes online.
University of Illinois at Springfield came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,872 in student loans.
UIS does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 96% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Western Illinois University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
Online graduate courses are available at WIU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 71% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #16 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
One thing to take note of is that UIUC does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 90% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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With a ranking of #17, Benedictine University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Benedictine U does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 100% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
DeVry University - Illinois landed the #18 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate programs.
DeVry University - Illinois does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 97% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #19, McKendree University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
McKendree does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 68% took at least some of their classes online.
Northern Illinois University ranked #20 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
NIU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 43% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville ranked #21 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at SIUE. During the 2019-2020 year, about 86% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Eastern Illinois University came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at EIU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 75% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #23, Governors State University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
GSU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 35% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Roosevelt University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #24 on the list.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $26,458 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Roosevelt, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 44% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at SIUC. In fact, around 24% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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