2023 Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Arkansas to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas
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Our analysis found Arkansas State University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Arkansas. Located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the fairly large public school awarded 710 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 71% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at A-State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 83% 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 University of Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. UARK is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 357 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 43% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at UARK. During the 2019-2020 year, about 84% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Arkansas at Little Rock helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Arkansas. This medium-sized public school is located in Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 80 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 61% of those degree recipients were women.
UA Little Rock does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 76% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Henderson State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Arkansas. Located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, the small public school handed out 73 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 88% of those degree recipients were women.
Henderson State 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. In 2019-2020 about 89% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Central Arkansas helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in Arkansas. University of Central Arkansas is a fairly large public school located in Conway, Arkansas that handed out 68 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 72% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that UCA does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 70% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, the small public school handed out 34 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 76% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at UAMS, 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, 68% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Arkansas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. ATU is a public institution located in Russellville, Arkansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 21 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 76% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at ATU. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 93% took at least some of their classes online.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Magnolia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Around 88% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Southern Arkansas University Main Campus does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 95% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Ouachita Baptist University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Ouachita Baptist is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Ouachita Baptist does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 98% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Strayer University - Arkansas came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. Located in Little Rock, Arkansas, the very small private for-profit school handed out 1 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Strayer University - Arkansas is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Harding University landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Harding does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 31% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
John Brown University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #11 on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at JBU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Arkansas at Monticello came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking.
One thing to take note of is that UAM does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 87% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 13 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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