2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 39,944 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
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.
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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 12 schools in the Southwest 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.
2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Arlington the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.
About 89% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 11% are male.
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Out of the 12 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 89% of the nursing majors at the school.
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Out of the 12 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Of the 13 students majoring in nursing at TCU, 46% are male and 54% are female.
The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at TCU take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $19,027.
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Out of the 12 online programs at schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 7 students majoring in nursing at NAU, 29% are male and 71% are female.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center is a great place for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public college with a small student population.
Of the 5 students majoring in nursing at UOHSC, 40% are male and 60% are female.
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Texas A&M University - College Station 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 #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a very large student population.
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West Coast University - Dallas landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate nursing programs. West Coast University - Dallas is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.
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Angelo State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Angelo State is a large public school located in the small city of San Angelo.
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University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Explore the most popular online nursing schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Texas | 21,862 |
Arizona | 12,966 |
Oklahoma | 3,009 |
New Mexico | 1,390 |
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Nursing Related Majors
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 12 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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