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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$11,647 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in Wisconsin with 5,410 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin

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

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

Our analysis found Concordia University, Wisconsin to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Wisconsin. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Mequon.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Concordia University, Wisconsin are $11,760 per year.

Full Nursing at Concordia University, Wisconsin Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Herzing University - Madison is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Madison, Herzing University - Madison is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Herzing University - Madison graduate students pay an average of $11,680 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Wisconsin. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the city of Madison.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $12,175 per year.

UW - Madison also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Wisconsin list, coming in at #2.

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#4

Alverno College

Milwaukee, WI

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Alverno College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Wisconsin. Alverno is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Alverno are $10,402 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Wisconsin. UWM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Milwaukee.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UWM are $12,220 a year.

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#6

Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

With a ranking of #6, Marquette University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, Marquette is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Marquette are $21,960 per year.

Full Nursing at Marquette University Report

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 7,345
Ohio 13,973
Illinois 21,938
Indiana 7,922

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 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 Aleksahgabrielle.

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