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2023 Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

49 Colleges
$11,254 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$52,486 Avg Salary

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 49 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate 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.

2023 Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Graham Hospital School of Nursing to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Graham Hospital School of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Canton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Graham Hospital School of Nursing are $7,206 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Sandusky.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing are $6,992 per year. Nursing majors at Firelands Regional Medical Center School of Nursing take out an average of $31,970 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the United States. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, West Penn Hospital School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at West Penn Hospital School of Nursing are $10,660 a year. 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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Out of the 49 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Bethlehem, St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing are $12,626 a year. 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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#5

Lutheran School of Nursing

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lutheran School of Nursing. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, Lutheran School of Nursing is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lutheran School of Nursing are $10,620 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, nursing majors at Lutheran School of Nursing accumulate an average of around $22,982 in student debt.

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Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value undergraduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing undergraduate students pay an average of $14,610 in tuition and fees each year. 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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With a ranking of #7, Trinity Health System School of Nursing did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Trinity Health System School of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Steubenville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Trinity Health System School of Nursing are $13,386 a year. 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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With a ranking of #8, Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. RHSHS is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Reading.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at RHSHS are $13,334 a year. Nursing majors at RHSHS take out an average of $27,725 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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With a ranking of #9, Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the town of Pottsville, Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing undergraduate students pay an average of $12,710 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $31,399.

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UPMC Jameson School of Nursing came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the fringe town of New Castle, UPMC Jameson School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

UPMC Jameson School of Nursing undergraduate students pay an average of $13,051 in tuition and fees each year. 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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Nursing by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
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.

  • 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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