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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

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. 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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Rocky Mountains Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 86% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public school with a large student population.

Full Nursing at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Report

#3

Regis University

Denver, CO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

About 60% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 40% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Colorado State University - Pueblo helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Read full report on Nursing at Colorado State University - Pueblo

#5

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

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With a ranking of #6, Montana State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bozeman.

Women make up 50% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at Montana State University

Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#7

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

Idaho State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. ISU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Pocatello.

Read full report on Nursing at Idaho State University

With a ranking of #7, Boise State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

With a ranking of #7, Westminster College Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Nursing at Westminster College Utah Report

Best Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the best nursing colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 6,496
Utah 17,535
Idaho 1,593
Montana 745
Wyoming 397

Nursing is one of 30 different types of programs to choose from.

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 10 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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