2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
With 322,592 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the #3 most popular major in the United States.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 32 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found California State University - Long Beach to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . CSULB is a very large public school located in the city of Long Beach.
Women make up 83% of the nursing majors at the school.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Washington State University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.
About 81% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 19% are male.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at National University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 39 students majoring in nursing at National University, 15% are male and 85% are female.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large suburb of Los Angeles, CDU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Women make up 71% of the nursing majors at the school.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Western University of Health Sciences helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Of the 28 students majoring in nursing at Western University of Health Sciences, 21% are male and 79% are female.
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Brandman University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate nursing programs. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.
About 96% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 4% are male.
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University of California - San Francisco came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public college with a small student population.
Of the 22 students majoring in nursing at UCSF, 27% are male and 73% are female.
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West Coast University - Orange County came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. West Coast University - Orange County is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Anaheim.
Of the 19 students majoring in nursing at West Coast University - Orange County, 21% are male and 79% are female.
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University of Nevada - Reno ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a very large student population.
Of the 17 students majoring in nursing at UNR, 35% are male and 65% are female.
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California State University - Los Angeles ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 86% of the nursing majors at the school.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| California | 18,329 |
| Washington | 3,851 |
| Oregon | 1,502 |
| Nevada | 2,015 |
| Hawaii | 535 |
| Alaska | 177 |
Nursing Related Majors
One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 32 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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