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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

45 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.

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 45 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region .

Our analysis found University of South Alabama to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . USA is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Mobile.

Women make up 94% of the nursing majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Frontier Nursing University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the rural area of Hyden, Frontier Nursing University is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 125 students majoring in nursing at Frontier Nursing University, 4% are male and 96% are female.

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Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

About 89% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 11% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South University’s online programs. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. South University's online programs is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of Savannah.

About 88% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 13% are male.

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Out of the 45 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 91% of the nursing majors at the school.

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Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Western Kentucky University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. WKU is a large public school located in the city of Bowling Green.

Of the 26 students majoring in nursing at WKU, 4% are male and 96% are female.

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University of Mississippi

University, MS

University of Mississippi came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Ole Miss is a very large public school located in the remote town of University.

Of the 18 students majoring in nursing at Ole Miss, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 15 students majoring in nursing at UF, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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Eastern Kentucky University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a large student population.

About 64% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 36% are male.

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University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.

Of the 13 students majoring in nursing at UK, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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Explore the most popular online nursing schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 21,209
North Carolina 7,425
Tennessee 6,004
Kentucky 6,395
Georgia 7,112
West Virginia 1,771
Virginia 6,775
Alabama 7,364
Louisiana 3,502
Mississippi 2,838
South Carolina 3,296
Arkansas 2,882

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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 26 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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