2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Utah
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Utah to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Utah
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our 2023 rankings named Utah State University the best school in Utah for students working on their graduate certificate.
One thing to take note of is that USU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 52% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Governors University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Utah list.
WGU is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Out of the 6 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 3 spot on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at U of U, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. 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.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Westminster College Utah helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Utah.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Westminster College Salt Lake. In fact, around 9% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Weber State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Utah.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at WSU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Utah Valley University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate programs.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UVU. During the 2019-2020 year, about 70% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 6 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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