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Top Business Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our rankings named University of Pennsylvania the best school in Pennsylvania for business students working on their graduate certificate.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UPenn does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 74% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s list.
One thing to take note of is that Carnegie Mellon does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 6% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lehigh University. It ranked #3 on our list.
Lehigh 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 24% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Villanova University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best business schools in Pennsylvania.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Villanova. In 2019-2020 about 89% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 30 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Scranton landed the # 5 spot on the list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Scranton. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 93% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #6, Lebanon Valley College did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
Online graduate courses are available at LVC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 81% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Elizabethtown College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the ranking.
Etown 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 72% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #8, Saint Joseph’s University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $37,827 in student loans.
Online graduate courses are available at St. Joe’s, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 94% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Drexel University ranked #9 on this year’s list.
Graduate Certificate recipients from Drexel accumulate an average of $23,548 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Drexel 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 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the ranking.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $22,469 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Pitt. In 2019-2020 about 16% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Messiah University ranked #11 on this year’s list.
Online graduate courses are available at Messiah, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 90% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #12, Robert Morris University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at RMU. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 60% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
DeSales University landed the #13 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at DeSales. 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.
With a ranking of #14, West Chester University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at WCUPA. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 98% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Clarion University of Pennsylvania landed the #15 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
One thing to take note of is that Clarion University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 84% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania landed the #16 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
One thing to take note of is that Ship does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 90% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Temple University landed the #17 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Temple. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 72% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #18, Duquesne University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Duquesne does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In 2019-2020 about 72% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
DeVry University - Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #19 on the list.
Since the graduate programs at DeVry University - Pennsylvania are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
Moravian College landed the #20 spot in the rankings for the best graduate certificate business programs.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Moravian. In 2019-2020 about 94% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Widener University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the ranking.
Widener does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 100% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #22, California University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
Cal U does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 90% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #23, La Salle University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at La Salle. In 2019-2020 about 83% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #24, Seton Hill University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
Seton Hill does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 76% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #25, Eastern University did quite well on this year’s best schools for business students working on their graduate certificate.
EU 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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 97% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 25 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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