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2023 Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

9 Colleges
$65,988 Avg Salary
$25,780 Avg Student Debt

Liberal Arts General Studies is the #74 most popular major in the country with 2,680 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the United States 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.

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

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Our analysis found Tufts University to be the most popular school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

Of the 10 students majoring in liberal arts at Tufts, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best liberal arts general studies schools in the United States. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.

About 56% of the students majoring in liberal arts at the school are women while 44% are male.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Michigan State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Michigan State is a very large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

Of the 6 students majoring in liberal arts at Michigan State, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Oklahoma Norman Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great place for liberal arts general studies students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in liberal arts at the school are women while 50% are male.

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With a ranking of #6, Northern Baptist Theological Seminary did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for liberal arts general studies students working on their online graduate certificate. Northern Seminary is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lisle.

Women make up 33% of the liberal arts majors at the school.

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#7

Regis University

Denver, CO

Regis University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate liberal arts general studies programs. Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.

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#8

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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