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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in New Jersey with 5,648 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New Jersey to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for healthcare students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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

Top New Jersey Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

#1

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Monmouth University the best school in New Jersey for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of West Long Branch, Monmouth is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Felician University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the large suburb of Lodi, Felician is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Paterson University of New Jersey. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. FDU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Teaneck.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

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.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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