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2023 Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

7 Schools Ranked

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Iowa to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Saint Ambrose University

Davenport, Iowa
$18,640 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Saint Ambrose University to be the best school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Iowa.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since St. Ambrose University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 15% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
$12,065 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in Iowa.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Iowa. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 33% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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$11,187 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Graceland University - Lamoni. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.

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.

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#4

Morningside College

Sioux City, Iowa

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Morningside College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best healthcare schools in Iowa.

Morningside 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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#5

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa
$11,404 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Iowa State. In 2019-2020 about 54% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#6

Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, Iowa
$10,530 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Briar Cliff University did quite well on this year’s best schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Briar Cliff. In fact, around 64% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#7

Clarke University

Dubuque, Iowa
$14,147 Average Tuition & Fees

Clarke University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking.

Clarke does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 7% 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 7 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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