2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate 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.
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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
Of the 51 students majoring in nursing at RMUoHP, 14% are male and 86% are female.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
Women make up 60% of the nursing majors at the school.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the # 5 spot on the list. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
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Montana State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate nursing programs. MSU Bozeman is a large public school located in the remote town of Bozeman.
Of the 2 students majoring in nursing at MSU Bozeman, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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Boise State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public school with a very large student population.
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With a ranking of #7, Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. 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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With a ranking of #7, Westminster College Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, Westminster College Salt Lake is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Idaho State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. ISU is a large public school located in the small city of Pocatello.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 6,496 |
Utah | 17,535 |
Idaho | 1,593 |
Montana | 745 |
Wyoming | 397 |
Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.
Nursing Focus Areas
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 10 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.
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