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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$9,405 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Indiana. In total, 7,922 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Indiana.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Indiana to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

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

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University Northwest the best value school in Indiana for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue Northwest is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Hammond.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Purdue Northwest are $6,303 per year.

Full Nursing at Purdue University Northwest Report

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $9,992 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Purdue also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana rankings.

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#3

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public college with a very large student population.

Purdue University Global graduate students pay an average of $9,530 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Nursing at Purdue University Global Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Southern Indiana is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. USI is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Evansville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USI are $10,384 per year.

Full Nursing at University of Southern Indiana Report

#5

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $10,144 per year.

Ball State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.

Full Nursing at Ball State University Report

#6

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Indiana State are $8,056 a year.

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With a ranking of #7, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IUPUI are $10,389 a year.

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Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list. IWU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Marion.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IWU are $10,440 a year.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 7,345
Ohio 13,973
Illinois 21,938
Wisconsin 5,410

One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 8 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

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