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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

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

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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the most popular online school in Arizona for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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

Read full report on Nursing at Grand Canyon University

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Arizona. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 71% of the nursing majors at the school.

Full Nursing at Northern Arizona University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Nursing at University of Phoenix - Arizona

Best Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Colleges 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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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.

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