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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

9 Colleges
$99,011 Avg Salary
$21,624 Avg Student Debt

With 322,592 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

National University

La Jolla, CA

Our 2023 rankings named National University the most popular online school in the Far Western US Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 39 students majoring in nursing at National University, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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#2

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandman University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

About 96% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 4% are male.

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Out of the 9 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Coast University - Orange County landed the # 3 spot on the list. West Coast University - Orange County is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Anaheim.

Of the 19 students majoring in nursing at West Coast University - Orange County, 21% are male and 79% are female.

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Out of the 9 online programs at schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Samuel Merritt University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Oakland, Samuel Merritt University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 88% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 13% are male.

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#5

Touro University Nevada

Henderson, NV

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Touro University Nevada is a great place for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Touro University Nevada is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Henderson.

Women make up 75% of the nursing majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Dominguez Hills. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. CSUDH is a large public school located in the small city of Carson.

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With a ranking of #7, Hawaii Pacific University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Honolulu, Hawaii Pacific University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#8

United States University

San Diego, CA

United States University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate nursing programs. USU is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.

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University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. USAHS is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the large suburb of San Marcos.

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Explore the most popular online nursing colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 18,329
Washington 3,851
Oregon 1,502
Nevada 2,015
Hawaii 535
Alaska 177

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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 9 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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