2023 Best Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota
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The Best Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in North Dakota to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students.
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Top Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota
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Our 2023 rankings named Valley City State University the best school in North Dakota for students working on their graduate certificate.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $22,849 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Valley City State University is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Mary. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota list.
UMary 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 80% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of North Dakota is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate.
Online graduate courses are available at UND, 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 71% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota list.
Online graduate courses are available at North Dakota State University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 20% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minot State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Graduate Certificate Schools in North Dakota list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since MSU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 88% 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 5 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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