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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

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

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Rocky Mountains Region .

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the most popular online school in the Rocky Mountains Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.

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#1

Regis University

Denver, CO

Our analysis found Regis University to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Regis U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

Women make up 60% of the nursing majors at the school.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Boise State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the midsize city of Boise, Boise State is a public college with a very large student population.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

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Explore the most popular online nursing colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 6,496
Utah 17,535
Idaho 1,593
Montana 745
Wyoming 397

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Nursing is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Nursing Focus Areas

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 4 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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