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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools

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In 2020-2021, 10,754 people earned a degree or certificate in information technology, making the major the #28 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 52 schools in the United States to see which ones were 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.

Check out the online IT graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the United States.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Phoenix - Arizona the most popular online school in the United States for information technology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 36% of the IT majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland Global Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Adelphi, UMGC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 149 students majoring in IT at UMGC, 65% are male and 35% are female.

Full Information Technology at University of Maryland Global Campus Report

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Sans Technology Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in the United States. Sans Technology Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Bethesda.

About 5% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 95% are male.

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Harvard University is a great place for information technology students working on their online graduate certificate. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

Women make up 32% of the IT majors at the school.

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#5

Towson University

Towson, MD

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Towson University is a great place for information technology students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 49 students majoring in IT at Towson, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Full Information Technology at Towson University Report

American Public University System did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for information technology students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 38 students majoring in IT at American Military University, 68% are male and 32% are female.

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With a ranking of #7, Colorado State University - Fort Collins did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information technology students working on their online graduate certificate. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

About 29% of the students majoring in IT at the school are women while 71% are male.

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#8

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

With a ranking of #8, Auburn University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information technology students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 23 students majoring in IT at Auburn, 57% are male and 43% are female.

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#9

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

With a ranking of #9, Capella University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for information technology students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 53% of the IT majors at the school.

Full Information Technology at Capella University Report

#10

University of Memphis

Memphis, TN

University of Memphis came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Memphis, UofM is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in IT at UofM, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Full Information Technology at University of Memphis Report

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Information Technology is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 20,748
Computer Science 15,813
Information Science 6,934
Computer Software & Applications 4,047
Computer Systems Analysis 817

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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