2023 Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia
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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 West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in West Virginia 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.
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Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia
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Our 2023 rankings named American Public University System the most popular school in West Virginia for students working on their graduate certificate. This large private for-profit school is located in Charles Town, West Virginia, and it awarded 404 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 35% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, American Military University is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
Out of the 12 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Marshall University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Marshall University is a fairly large public school located in Huntington, West Virginia that handed out 139 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 84% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Marshall University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 83% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Salem University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. This very small private for-profit school is located in Salem, West Virginia, and it awarded 29 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Graduate Certificate recipients from Salem accumulate an average of $17,861 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 62% of those degree recipients were women.
Salem is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular schools in West Virginia. Located in Morgantown, West Virginia, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 86% of those degree recipients were women.
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You’ll be in good company if you attend Fairmont State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia list. Fairmont State is located in Fairmont, West Virginia 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, 71% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Fairmont State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 87% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Catholic Distance University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking. Located in Charles Town, West Virginia, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 80% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at CDU are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
With a ranking of #7, Shepherd University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, the small public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Shepherd University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 82% took at least some of their classes online.
Concord University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking. Concord University is a public institution located in Athens, West Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Concord University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 88% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Strayer University - West Virginia came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking. Strayer University - West Virginia is a very small private for-profit school situated in Scott Depot, West Virginia. It awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at Strayer University - West Virginia are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Wheeling University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Wheeling, West Virginia, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at Wheeling University are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
West Virginia Wesleyan College 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.
Since the graduate programs at West Virginia Wesleyan are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Bethany College West Virginia came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Graduate Certificate Schools in West Virginia ranking.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 12 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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