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Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

24 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.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 24 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs 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

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University Global the most popular online school in the Great Lakes Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 88% of the nursing majors at the school.

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Out of the 24 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Wisconsin landed the # 2 spot on the list. Concordia University, Wisconsin is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Mequon.

About 93% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 7% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Herzing University - Madison. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Madison, Herzing University - Madison is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 62 students majoring in nursing at Herzing University - Madison, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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Out of the 24 online programs at schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Chamberlain University - Illinois landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Addison, Chamberlain - Illinois is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Of the 33 students majoring in nursing at Chamberlain - Illinois, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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#5

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Bradley University is a great place for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Bradley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.

Of the 30 students majoring in nursing at Bradley, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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University of St Francis ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the suburb of Joliet, University of Saint Francis is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 81% of the nursing majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Southern Indiana did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. USI is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Evansville.

About 74% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 26% are male.

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University of Michigan - Flint did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Flint, UM Flint is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in nursing at UM Flint, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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#9

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

With a ranking of #9, Lewis University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Romeoville, Lewis is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

About 86% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 14% are male.

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#9

Rush University

Chicago, IL

Rush University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, Rush University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 93% of the nursing majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online nursing colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 7,345
Ohio 13,973
Illinois 21,938
Indiana 7,922
Wisconsin 5,410

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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 24 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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