2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee
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The Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in Tennessee to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 Tennessee
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Memphis the most popular school in Tennessee for students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, the large public school awarded 237 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 68% were women.
Around 58% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Tennessee Technological University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Tennessee. Cookeville, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 96 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
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.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Austin Peay State University is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate. This medium-sized public school is located in Clarksville, Tennessee, and it awarded 62 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 69% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 85% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carson - Newman University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 59 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 85% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 17 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, Trevecca Nazarene University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Trevecca Nazarene University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Nashville, Tennessee that handed out 34 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 85% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 66% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #6, Lipscomb University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate. Nashville, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 129 students in 2020-2021.
Graduate Certificate recipients from Lipscomb accumulate an average of $16,032 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 73% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2019-2020 about 31% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Knoxville, Tennessee is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 159 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 84% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 36% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. UTHSC is a public institution located in Memphis, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 33 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 70% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2019-2020 about 73% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Union University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. Union is located in Jackson, Tennessee and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 81% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2019-2020 about 70% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Strayer University - Tennessee ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. This small private for-profit school is located in Memphis, Tennessee, and it awarded 6 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Strayer University - Tennessee is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Tennessee State University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, the medium-sized public school awarded 51 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 69% were women.
Around 41% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. UT Chattanooga is a fairly large public school situated in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It awarded 18 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 67% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 60% took at least some of their classes online.
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Milligan University ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 16% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Johnson University landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 22% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 72% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Lincoln Memorial University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking. Located in Harrogate, Tennessee, the medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 119 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 71% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 13% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Bryan College - Dayton came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee ranking.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out William Jennings Bryan College. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
South College ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Tennessee list.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 30% 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 17 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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