2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education opportunities 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 many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones had 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.
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Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia
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Our analysis found George Washington University to be the most popular school for students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in District of Columbia. GWU is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 659 graduate certificates to qualified students.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $29,615 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 63% were women.
Around 37% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Strayer University - Global Region helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in District of Columbia. Strayer University - Global Region is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 281 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 72% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at Strayer University - Global Region are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Washington, District of Columbia. It awarded 105 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 54% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 39% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - District of Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.
Since the graduate programs at Strayer University - District of Columbia are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Georgetown University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. This large private not-for-profit school is located in Washington, District of Columbia, and it awarded 5 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Georgetown is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.
References
- 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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