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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

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Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 6,395 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Kentucky ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Kentucky 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Frontier Nursing University the most popular school in Kentucky for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Frontier Nursing University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Hyden.

About 96% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 4% are male.

Read full report on Nursing at Frontier Nursing University

#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Northern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Kentucky. Located in the large suburb of Highland Heights, NKU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 90% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at Northern Kentucky University

#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public school with a large student population.

About 96% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 4% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Eastern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Kentucky. Eastern is a large public school located in the distant town of Richmond.

Women make up 64% of the nursing majors at the school.

Full Nursing at Eastern Kentucky University Report

#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Out of the 7 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.

About 69% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 31% are male.

Full Nursing at University of Kentucky Report

#6

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

University of Louisville ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Nursing at University of Louisville Report

#7

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

Spalding University 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 Louisville, Spalding is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Full Nursing at Spalding University Report

Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 7,112
Virginia 6,775
North Carolina 7,425
Florida 21,209
Tennessee 6,004
South Carolina 3,296
Louisiana 3,502
Arkansas 2,882
Alabama 7,364
Mississippi 2,838
West Virginia 1,771

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 7 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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