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2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

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It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Iowa to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

28 Total Awards
$11,187 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Graceland University - Lamoni to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Iowa. Located in Lamoni, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 28 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.

Since the graduate programs at Graceland Lamoni are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
121 Total Awards
$12,065 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, the large public school awarded 121 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.

Around 65% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 33% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, Iowa
8 Total Awards
$10,530 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Briar Cliff University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Briar Cliff is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux City, Iowa. It awarded 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.

Around 64% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#3

Morningside College

Sioux City, Iowa
8 Total Awards

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Morningside College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Iowa. Located in Sioux City, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.

If you are interested in distance education, Morningside is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.

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#5

Allen College

Waterloo, Iowa
9 Total Awards
$18,908 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Allen College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Iowa. Waterloo, Iowa is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 9 students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 89% were women.

Around 78% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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$19,065 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.

During the 2019-2020 year, about 64% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 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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