2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Ohio with 13,973 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 14 schools in Ohio to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio
Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Youngstown State University the best value school in Ohio for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Youngstown, Youngstown State University is a public school with a large student population.
Youngstown State University graduate students pay an average of $6,751 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Ohio University - Athens Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Ohio. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHIO Athens are $9,720 per year.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Ohio State University - Main Campus is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $12,425 per year.
Ohio State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Kent State University at Kent is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Kent State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Kent.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Kent State are $11,766 a year.
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Out of the 14 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Xavier University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Xavier is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cincinnati.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Xavier are $12,076 a year.
Wright State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nursing programs. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Dayton.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Wright State University - Main Campus are $14,298 a year.
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With a ranking of #7, Franciscan University of Steubenville did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Franciscan U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Steubenville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Franciscan U are $12,888 a year.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.
UC graduate students pay an average of $14,902 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at UC take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $21,375.
University of Akron Main Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the medium-sized city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 a year.
Mount Carmel College of Nursing did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Columbus, Mount Carmel College of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
Mount Carmel College of Nursing graduate students pay an average of $19,861 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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 |
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Michigan | 7,345 |
Illinois | 21,938 |
Indiana | 7,922 |
Wisconsin | 5,410 |
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Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 14 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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