2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in Iowa 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 Iowa
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Our analysis found University of Iowa to be the most popular school for students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Iowa. This large public school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 1,262 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 58% were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 33% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Graceland University - Lamoni. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Lamoni, Iowa, and it awarded 28 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 86% of those degree recipients were women.
Graceland Lamoni is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Briar Cliff University is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate. Sioux City, Iowa is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
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.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Morningside College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Iowa. Morningside College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Sioux City, Iowa that handed out 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Morningside. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Northwestern College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Located in Orange City, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 94% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 11 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Iowa State is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 230 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 54% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 11 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Upper Iowa University landed the # 5 spot on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Fayette, Iowa, and it awarded 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 67% of those degree recipients were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 92% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Simpson College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. Simpson College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Indianola, Iowa. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 graduate certificates 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, 38% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #8, Wartburg College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Since the graduate programs at Wartburg are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
With a ranking of #8, Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 64% took at least some of their classes online.
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Allen College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs. Located in Waterloo, Iowa, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 9 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 89% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 78% 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 11 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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