2023 Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota
A healthcare student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
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 Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Minnesota 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.
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Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota
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Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Minnesota. Capella University is a private for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 764 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 84% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at Capella University are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Out of the 10 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Winona State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Winona State is located in Winona, Minnesota and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 96% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 66% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The College of Saint Scholastica is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Duluth, Minnesota, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 88% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 50% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 10 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the # 5 spot on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
In 2019-2020 about 87% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Minnesota State University - Moorhead ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. This medium-sized public school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 84% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for healthcare students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large public school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 80 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $19,400 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 64% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 65% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #8, Metropolitan State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate.
In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Minnesota State University - Mankato ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 40% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Adler Graduate School came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking.
Since the graduate programs at Adler Graduate School 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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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 10 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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