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Most Popular Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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2023 Most Popular Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

3 Colleges
$52,486 Avg Salary
$25,327 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Jersey. With 5,648 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Jersey to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named JFK Muhlenberg Harold B & Dorothy A Snyder Schools-School of Nursing the most popular school in New Jersey for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. JFK Muhlenberg Harold B & Dorothy A Snyder Schools-School of Nursing is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Plainfield.

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

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Out of the 3 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Holy Name Medical Center School of Nursing landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Teaneck, Holy Name Medical Center School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 82% of the nursing majors at the school.

On average, nursing graduates from Holy Name Medical Center School of Nursing take out $30,185 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Saint Francis Medical Center School of Nursing is a great place for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the city of Trenton, Saint Francis Medical Center School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

About 88% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 12% are male.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 11,477
New York 17,708
Maryland 4,104
District of Columbia 990
Delaware 1,267

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 3 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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