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Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

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

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in District of Columbia. With 990 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia 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.

Check out the online nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in District of Columbia.

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular online school in District of Columbia for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

About 70% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 30% are male.

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#2

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Georgetown University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in District of Columbia. Georgetown is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 11,477
New York 17,708
Maryland 4,104
New Jersey 5,648
Delaware 1,267

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Nursing is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 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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