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2023 Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

6 Colleges
$76,049 Avg Salary
$21,479 Avg Student Debt

With 40,555 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, information technology is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which computer science program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Computer Science Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for computer science students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Information Technology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Wright State University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for information technology students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Dayton.

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#2

Baker College

Owosso, MI

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Baker College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best information technology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Baker College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Owosso.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of St Francis is a great place for information technology students working on their online graduate certificate. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Joliet.

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#4

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Purdue University Global is a great place for information technology students working on their online graduate certificate. Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

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#4

Davenport University

Grand Rapids, MI

Out of the 6 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Davenport University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Davenport University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Grand Rapids.

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#4

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great place for information technology students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.

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Explore the most popular online information technology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 637
Ohio 485
Illinois 510
Indiana 553
Wisconsin 376

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One of 10 majors within the computer science area of study, information technology has other similar majors worth exploring.

IT Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Computer & IS Security 22,829
Network & System Administration/Administrator 5,501
Information Technology Management 4,009
Computer Support Specialist 3,176
System, Networking, & LAN/WAN Management/Manager 2,077
Information Technology Project Management 2,076
Web/Multimedia Management & Webmaster 887

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer Information Systems 88,434
Computer Science 59,565
Information Science 18,325
Computer Systems Networking 14,700
Computer Software & Applications 14,336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Craig Dennis.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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