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2023 Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho

5 Schools Ranked
$26,866 Avg Student Debt

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 and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Idaho ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Idaho to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho
191 Total Awards
$9,638 Average Tuition & Fees
$25,700 Avg Student Debt

Our analysis found Boise State University to be the most popular school for students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Idaho. Boise State is located in Boise, Idaho and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 191 graduate certificates to qualified students.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $25,700 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 73% of those degree recipients were women.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Boise State. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho
51 Total Awards
$10,324 Average Tuition & Fees
$33,862 Avg Student Debt

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Idaho State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Idaho. ISU is located in Pocatello, Idaho and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 51 graduate certificates to qualified students.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $33,862 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 82% were women.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since ISU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 82% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#3

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
46 Total Awards
$9,912 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Idaho landed the # 3 spot on the list. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 46 students in 2020-2021.

Around 57% of those degree recipients were women.

Online graduate courses are available at U of I, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 61% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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42 Total Awards
$10,964 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northwest Nazarene University is a great place for students working on their graduate certificate. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 42 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 76% were women.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since NNU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 71% took at least some of their classes online.

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#5

New Saint Andrews College

Moscow, Idaho

The excellent graduate certificate programs at New Saint Andrews College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Idaho.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at New Saint Andrews. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 70% took at least some of their classes online.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

References

  • 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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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