2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana
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The Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 16 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students.
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Top Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana
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Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the best school in Indiana for students working on their graduate certificate.
Purdue does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 60% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.
Online graduate courses are available at Ball State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 91% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Bloomington is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since IU Bloomington does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Valparaiso University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Indiana.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Valpo. During the 2019-2020 year, about 61% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Indiana University - East is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate.
Online graduate courses are available at IU East, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 89% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Southern Indiana came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at USI. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 96% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #7, Indiana Institute of Technology did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
If you are interested in distance education, Indiana Tech is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
With a ranking of #8, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at IUPUI. In fact, around 71% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Purdue University Global came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $33,486 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Since the graduate programs at Purdue University Global are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Indiana Wesleyan University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate programs.
IWU does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 42% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #11 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at IWU, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 90% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Purdue University Northwest did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #12 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at Purdue Northwest, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 54% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Indiana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #13 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Indiana State. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 71% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #14, Indiana University - Southeast did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
One thing to take note of is that Indiana University - Southeast does offer online graduate classes in some areas. 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.
Purdue University Fort Wayne ranked #15 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.
One thing to take note of is that PFW does offer online graduate classes in some areas. 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.
With a ranking of #16, Indiana University - Northwest did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at IU Northwest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 73% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 16 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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%.
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