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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

In 2020-2021, 322,592 nursing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 45 schools in the Southeast 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.

Our analysis found University of South Alabama to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . USA is a large public school located in the midsize city of Mobile.

Of the 126 students majoring in nursing at USA, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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Out of the 45 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Frontier Nursing University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the rural area of Hyden, Frontier Nursing University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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

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#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.

Women make up 89% of the nursing majors at the school.

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Out of the 45 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South University’s online programs landed the # 4 spot on the list. South University's online programs is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Savannah.

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

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 23 students majoring in nursing at UT Knoxville, 9% are male and 91% are female.

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#6

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

With a ranking of #6, Western Kentucky University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. WKU is a large public school located in the city of Bowling Green.

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

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#7

University of Mississippi

University, MS

University of Mississippi came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Ole Miss is a fairly large public school located in the town of University.

About 89% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 11% are male.

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#8

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida 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 medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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Eastern Kentucky University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 64% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#10

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky 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 #10 on the list. UK is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

About 69% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 31% are male.

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Explore the most popular online nursing schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 7,112
Virginia 6,775
North Carolina 7,425
Florida 21,209
Tennessee 6,004
Kentucky 6,395
South Carolina 3,296
Louisiana 3,502
Arkansas 2,882
Alabama 7,364
Mississippi 2,838
West Virginia 1,771

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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 26 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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