2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.
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 Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
RMUoHP graduate students pay an average of $17,416 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regis University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Utah is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. U of U is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Montana State University is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Bozeman are $22,391 per year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Colorado State University - Pueblo graduate students pay an average of $19,773 in tuition and fees each year.
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University of Colorado at Colorado Springs came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public school with a large student population.
UCCS graduate students pay an average of $25,584 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing colleges 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 |
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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).
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