2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 26,717 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
With all the healthcare programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named West Coast University - Orange County the best value school in the Far Western US Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. West Coast University - Orange County is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Anaheim.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at West Coast University - Orange County are $10,989 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Point Loma Nazarene University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. PLNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Diego.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at PLNU are $11,880 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Saint Mary’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, MSMU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSMU are $13,099 per year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Brandman University is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.
Brandman graduate students pay an average of $12,720 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
National University graduate students pay an average of $15,480 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, National University is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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Seattle University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Seattle U graduate students pay an average of $14,310 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, California State University - Dominguez Hills did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. CSUDH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carson.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSUDH are $17,998 a year.
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California State University - Long Beach did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSULB are $17,784 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, CSULB also did well on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Phoenix - California did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UOPX - California is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Costa Mesa.
UOPX - California graduate students pay an average of $16,188 in tuition and fees each year.
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Western University of Health Sciences landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Western University of Health Sciences are $22,709 per year.
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Request InformationBest Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Oregon | 1,502 |
| California | 18,329 |
| Washington | 3,851 |
| Nevada | 2,015 |
| Hawaii | 535 |
| Alaska | 177 |
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Nursing Related Majors for Nursing
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Nursing Concentrations
Most Popular Majors Related 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 21 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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