2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in District of Columbia. In total, 990 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in District of Columbia.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
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 District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.
GWU graduate students pay an average of $32,904 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
GWU also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. Located in the city of Washington, Georgetown is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Georgetown graduate students pay an average of $55,128 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 17,708 |
Pennsylvania | 11,477 |
Maryland | 4,104 |
New Jersey | 5,648 |
Delaware | 1,267 |
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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 Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 2 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).
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More about our data sources and methodologies.