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Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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2023 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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

Finding the Best Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 290 degrees and certificates were awarded to liberal arts general studies students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #43 most popular major in the state.

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 Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Illinois to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Liberal Arts General Studies program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Our analysis found Northwestern University to be the most popular school for liberal arts general studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Illinois. Located in the small city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 58% of the liberal arts majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that liberal arts majors at Northwestern take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $21,333.

Read full report on Liberal Arts General Studies at Northwestern University

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular liberal arts general studies schools in Illinois. Northern Seminary is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lisle.

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

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary Report

#3

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend DePaul University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Full Liberal Arts General Studies at DePaul University Report

Best Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 13
Ohio 62
Indiana 19
Wisconsin 4

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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