2023 Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. 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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 17 schools in Missouri 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 Missouri
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Our analysis found Maryville University of Saint Louis to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Missouri. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 352 students in 2020-2021.
Around 87% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Maryville U does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 91% took at least some of their classes online.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means A T Still University of Health Sciences is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. A T Still University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution located in Kirksville, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 220 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 55% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at A T Still University of Health Sciences are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large public school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 61 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Mizzou. In 2019-2020 about 67% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Saint Louis University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Missouri. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 38 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 68% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at SLU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 57% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list. University of Missouri - Kansas City is a fairly large public school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 36 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 69% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMKC does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 66% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Washington University in St Louis landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate healthcare programs. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, the fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 32 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 59% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since WUSTL does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 72% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #7, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Missouri State is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 73% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Missouri State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 72% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Missouri - St Louis landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate healthcare programs. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, the fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
One thing to take note of is that UMSL does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 71% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #9, Research College of Nursing did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Kansas City, Missouri is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Research College of Nursing does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 83% took at least some of their classes online.
Park University 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 #9 on the list. Located in Parkville, Missouri, the medium-sized private not-for-profit 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 Park University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 85% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #11, Stephens College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Stephens is a very small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Stephens does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 37% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College 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 #11 on the list. This very small private not-for-profit school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Goldfarb School of Nursing 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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Southeast Missouri State University 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 #13 on the list. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri that handed out 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Southeast Missouri State University. During the 2019-2020 year, about 74% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Cox College 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 #13 on the list. Cox College is located in Springfield, Missouri and has a very small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Cox College. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Missouri Western State University landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate healthcare programs.
Missouri Western does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 84% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Rockhurst University landed the #15 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate healthcare programs.
Online graduate courses are available at Rockhurst, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 80% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Webster University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri ranking.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Webster. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 61% took at least some of their classes online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 17 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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