2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona
Finding the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was ranked 2nd in Arizona. In fact, 12,966 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.
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.
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 Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Arizona 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.
2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.
Most Popular Online Arizona Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our analysis found Grand Canyon University to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in Arizona. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
About 89% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 11% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Arizona University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 71% of the nursing majors at the school.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great place for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
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Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 21,862 |
| Oklahoma | 3,009 |
| New Mexico | 1,390 |
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Nursing Related Majors
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 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.