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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$12,290 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 ranked 2nd in Arizona. In fact, 12,966 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Arizona ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Arizona 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the best value school in Arizona for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NAU are $11,555 per year.

NAU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $12,608 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, ASU - Tempe is ranked #3 for overall quality for nursing in Arizona.

Read full report on Nursing at Arizona State University - Tempe

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $13,460 per year.

University of Arizona not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Arizona. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

UOPX - Arizona graduate students pay an average of $16,153 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UOPX - Arizona also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 21,862
Oklahoma 3,009
New Mexico 1,390

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

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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