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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

With 322,592 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Plains States Region 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Maryville University of Saint Louis the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Maryville U is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

Of the 352 students majoring in nursing at Maryville U, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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Out of the 21 online programs at schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Graceland University - Lamoni landed the # 2 spot on the list. Graceland Lamoni is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote area of Lamoni.

About 86% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 14% are male.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 76% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#4

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Capella University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Kansas City is a great place for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 26 students majoring in nursing at UMKC, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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#7

Morningside College

Sioux City, IA

Morningside College 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 #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Morningside is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 75% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#7

Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, IA

Briar Cliff University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Briar Cliff is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Sioux City.

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#9

Clarkson College

Omaha, NE

With a ranking of #9, Clarkson College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Clarkson College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

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#10

Winona State University

Winona, MN

Winona State University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Winona.

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 6,840
Minnesota 14,890
Kansas 2,633
Iowa 2,966
Nebraska 1,908
North Dakota 976
South Dakota 1,022

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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 21 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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