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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

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

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

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 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 Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Arizona 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our analysis found Grand Canyon University to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Arizona. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Women make up 89% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public college with a very large student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular 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.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Arizona. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Full Nursing at University of Phoenix - Arizona Report

Best Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 21,862
Oklahoma 3,009
New Mexico 1,390

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 5 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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