2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa
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The Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in Iowa to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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Top Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa
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Our 2023 rankings named Northwestern College the best school in Iowa for students working on their graduate certificate.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since NWC does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 94% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Ambrose University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at St. Ambrose University. In fact, around 15% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools in Iowa.
Iowa 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 33% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Iowa State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 54% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Simpson College is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate.
Online graduate courses are available at Simpson College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 38% took at least some of their classes online.
Graceland University - Lamoni came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking.
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.
Morningside College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking.
Since the graduate programs at Morningside are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Briar Cliff University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking.
Online graduate courses are available at Briar Cliff, 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 64% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Upper Iowa University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at UIU. In fact, around 92% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Grand View University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.
Grand View University 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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 89% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #11, Clarke University did quite well on this year’s best schools for students working on their graduate certificate.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Clarke. During the 2019-2020 year, about 7% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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*These averages are for the top 11 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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