2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas
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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. This report analyzed 23 schools in Texas 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 Texas
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Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - College Station the most popular school in Texas for students working on their graduate certificate. This large public school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 492 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 56% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 23% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in Denton, Texas, the large public school awarded 224 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 81% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 50% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Out of the 23 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in Arlington, Texas, the large public school awarded 261 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 63% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 65% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in Lubbock, Texas, the medium-sized public school awarded 78 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 73% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 61% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelo State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Angelo State is located in San Angelo, Texas and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 55 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 65% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 88% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #6, Texas Tech University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate. This large public school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 516 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 50% of those degree recipients were women.
In 2019-2020 about 49% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #7, Sam Houston State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Huntsville, Texas, the large public school awarded 57 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 63% were women.
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.
Texas A&M University - Kingsville ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Texas A&M Kingsville is a medium-sized public school situated in Kingsville, Texas. It awarded 45 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 44% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 63% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
University of Houston - Downtown came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 324 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 59% were women.
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.
Strayer University - Texas did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Austin, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 21 students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 48% were women.
Strayer University - Texas is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Schreiner University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #11 on the list. Schreiner University is located in Kerrville, Texas and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 72% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, Schreiner University is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
University of North Texas Health Science Center landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, the small public school handed out 23 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 65% were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 16% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #13, Texas Christian University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate. TCU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Worth, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 27 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Graduate Certificate recipients from TCU accumulate an average of $19,027 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 41% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 82% took at least some of their classes online.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. Located in San Antonio, Texas, the small public school handed out 69 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 59% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 1% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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St. Mary’s University ranked #15 on this year’s Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 9 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 56% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 84% took at least some of their classes online.
Dallas Theological Seminary came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Located in Dallas, Texas, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 83% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 62% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Abilene Christian University landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. Abilene Christian University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Abilene, Texas that handed out 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 88% were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 79% took at least some of their classes online.
West Coast University - Dallas landed the #17 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. Located in Dallas, Texas, the small private for-profit school handed out 2 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, West Coast University - Dallas is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
Grace School of Theology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #19 on the list. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Conroe, Texas, and it awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
If you are interested in distance education, Grace School of Theology is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
University of St. Thomas landed the #20 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs.
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.
The King’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #20 on the list.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 63% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Houston Baptist University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #20 on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Around 65% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Saint Edward’s University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, St. Edward’s University is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 23 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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