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2023 Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools

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

Finding the Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 322,592 degrees and certificates were awarded to nursing students, making the major the most popular in the country.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare 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.

The Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 49 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing to be the best school for nursing students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $23,272.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Holy Name Medical Center School of Nursing helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the United States. Holy Name Medical Center School of Nursing is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Teaneck.

The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Holy Name Medical Center School of Nursing take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $30,185.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large suburb of Bethlehem, St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Nursing majors at St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing take out an average of $25,293 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Trinity Health System School of Nursing. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Trinity Health System School of Nursing is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Steubenville.

After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, nursing graduates from Trinity Health System School of Nursing carry an average student debtload of $23,568.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, West Penn Hospital School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Nursing majors at West Penn Hospital School of Nursing take out an average of $23,726 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing ranked #6 on this year’s Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, nursing majors at UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing accumulate an average of around $30,458 in student debt.

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#7

Citizens School of Nursing

New Kensington, PA

Citizens School of Nursing came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Citizens School of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of New Kensington.

Nursing majors at Citizens School of Nursing take out an average of $23,680 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. RHSHS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Reading.

Nursing majors at RHSHS take out an average of $27,725 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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UPMC Mercy School of Nursing came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at UPMC Mercy School of Nursing take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $27,016.

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With a ranking of #10, UPMC Jameson School of Nursing did quite well on this year’s best schools for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of New Castle, UPMC Jameson School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Nursing majors at UPMC Jameson School of Nursing take out an average of $26,585 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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