2023 Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa
It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. 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 Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in Iowa to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa
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Our analysis found University of Iowa to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Iowa. This large public school is located in Iowa City, Iowa, and it awarded 121 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 65% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Iowa, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 33% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Located in Ames, Iowa, the large public school handed out 91 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Around 92% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Iowa State. In fact, around 54% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Graceland University - Lamoni is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Lamoni, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 28 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students 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.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Allen College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Waterloo, Iowa, and it awarded 9 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 89% were women.
Allen College 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 78% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Morningside College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Iowa. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Sioux City, Iowa, and it awarded 8 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, Morningside is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
Out of the 9 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Briar Cliff University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Briar Cliff is located in Sioux City, Iowa and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Briar Cliff, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 64% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Saint Ambrose University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Located in Davenport, Iowa, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 7 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 14% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at St. Ambrose University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 15% took at least some of their classes online.
Clarke University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Clarke University is a very small private not-for-profit school located in Dubuque, Iowa that handed out 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
Clarke 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 fact, around 7% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list.
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 64% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 9 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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