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Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$18,997 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Jersey. With 5,648 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Jersey 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.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

Our 2023 rankings named Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus the best value school in New Jersey for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Teaneck, FDU is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

FDU graduate students pay an average of $10,722 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Paterson University of New Jersey. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. William Paterson University is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Wayne.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at William Paterson University are $14,050 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Felician University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in New Jersey. Felician is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lodi.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Felician are $20,430 per year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $20,495 per year.

Rutgers New Brunswick also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #3.

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#5

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, NJ

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Monmouth University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in New Jersey. Monmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Long Branch.

Monmouth graduate students pay an average of $29,290 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 11,477
New York 17,708
Maryland 4,104
District of Columbia 990
Delaware 1,267

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 5 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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