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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

6 Colleges
$99,011 Avg Salary
$21,624 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 322,592 nursing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which 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 that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for 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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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Rocky Mountains Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

Our analysis found Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions to be the best school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

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#3

Regis University

Denver, CO

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Regis University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Montana State University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bozeman.

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Out of the 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Colorado State University - Pueblo did quite well on this year’s best schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 6,496
Utah 17,535
Idaho 1,593
Montana 745
Wyoming 397

Nursing is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • 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 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).
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