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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Jersey. With 5,648 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Jersey 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 New Jersey.

Our analysis found Felician University to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in New Jersey. Felician is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lodi.

Women make up 50% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at Felician University

#2

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, NJ

Out of the 3 online programs at schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Monmouth University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Monmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Long Branch.

Full Nursing at Monmouth University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Thomas Edison State University is a great place for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Trenton, TESU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Read full report on Nursing at Thomas Edison State University

Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 11,477
New York 17,708
Maryland 4,104
District of Columbia 990
Delaware 1,267

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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 3 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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