2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana
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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 Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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Top Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the best school in Indiana for students working on their graduate certificate.
One thing to take note of is that Purdue does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 60% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Ball State. During the 2019-2020 year, about 91% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since IU Bloomington does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 74% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Valparaiso University is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate.
Valpo 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. In 2019-2020 about 61% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 16 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - East landed the # 5 spot on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at IU East, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 89% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Southern Indiana 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.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at USI. During the 2019-2020 year, about 96% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Indiana Institute of Technology came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Indiana Tech. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
With a ranking of #8, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Online graduate courses are available at IUPUI, 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.
Purdue University Global landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate programs.
Graduate Certificate recipients from Purdue University Global accumulate an average of $33,486 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Since the graduate programs at Purdue University Global are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
With a ranking of #10, Indiana Wesleyan University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at IWU. During the 2019-2020 year, about 42% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at IWU, 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 90% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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With a ranking of #12, Purdue University Northwest did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Purdue Northwest 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 54% took at least some of their classes online.
Indiana State University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Indiana State. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 71% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #14, Indiana University - Southeast did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Indiana University - Southeast. During the 2019-2020 year, about 88% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Purdue University Fort Wayne did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #15 on the list.
PFW does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 64% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #16, Indiana University - Northwest did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at IU Northwest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 73% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 16 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%.
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