2023 Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in California
A business student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
The Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Business Degree Central has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 12 schools in California to see which ones had the most popular online graduate certificate programs for business students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in California
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Our 2023 rankings named Golden Gate University - San Francisco the most popular school in California for business students working on their graduate certificate. Golden Gate University - San Francisco is a small private not-for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 48 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 33% were women.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 58% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Brandman University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Brandman is located in Irvine, California and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 67% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at Brandman are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Southern California helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular business schools in California. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 302 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 54% were women.
Around 82% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Out of the 12 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Northcentral University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in San Diego, California, the fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 34 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,015 in student loans. Around 65% of those degree recipients were women.
If you are interested in distance education, Northcentral University is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
You’ll be in good company if you attend Concordia University, Irvine. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Concordia University, Irvine is located in Irvine, California and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 31 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 55% of those degree recipients were women.
Concordia University, Irvine is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Loyola Marymount University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Around 47% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at Loyola Marymount are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.
Westcliff University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. Westcliff University is a small private for-profit school located in Irvine, California that handed out 4 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 75% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 59% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
National University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. National University is located in La Jolla, California and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 graduate certificates to qualified students.
During the 2019-2020 year, about 48% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
United States University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate business programs.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out USU. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
California Intercontinental University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for business students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, California Intercontinental University is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.
William Jessup University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in California list.
Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 17% took at least some of their classes online.
Abraham Lincoln University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Business Graduate Certificate Schools in California list.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Abraham Lincoln University. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 12 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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