2023 Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
Today's teaching students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
The Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Teaching Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in Pennsylvania to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for teaching students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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Top Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania
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Our 2023 rankings named Lebanon Valley College the best school in Pennsylvania for teaching 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 2019-2020 about 81% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 23 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Messiah University landed the # 2 spot on the list.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Messiah does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 90% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Out of the 23 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, West Chester University of Pennsylvania landed the # 3 spot on the list.
One thing to take note of is that WCUPA does offer online graduate classes in some areas. 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.
Out of the 23 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehigh University landed the # 4 spot on the list.
One thing to take note of is that Lehigh does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 24% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at York College of Pennsylvania helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best teaching schools in Pennsylvania.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since YCP does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 25% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Villanova University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list.
Some students 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.
Drexel University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list.
By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $23,548 in student loans.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Drexel. 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.
Gannon University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Gannon does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 55% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list.
Graduate Certificate recipients from Pitt accumulate an average of $22,469 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Pitt. During the 2019-2020 year, about 16% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #10, Clarion University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
Clarion University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 84% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania ranked #11 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.
SRU 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 94% took at least some of their classes online.
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Duquesne University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Online graduate courses are available at Duquesne, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 72% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
California University of Pennsylvania ranked #13 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Cal U does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 90% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania ranked #14 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Edinboro 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 94% took at least some of their classes online.
Temple University ranked #15 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Depending on your major, you may be able 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 #16, Arcadia University did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
One thing to take note of is that Arcadia does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 67% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Point Park University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #17 on the list.
Point Park does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 85% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Marywood University ranked #18 on this year’s Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list.
Marywood does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 33% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Cedar Crest College landed the #19 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate teaching programs.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Cedar Crest does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 79% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #20, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best schools for teaching students working on their graduate certificate.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at IUP. In 2019-2020 about 35% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Carlow University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.
Carlow does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 83% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Mercyhurst University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for teaching students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #22 on the list.
Online graduate courses are available at Mercyhurst, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 55% took at least some of their classes online.
Rosemont College landed the #23 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate teaching programs.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $33,425 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Rosemont 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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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 23 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%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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