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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

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

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in Kentucky with 6,395 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

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

The Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Kentucky 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Frontier Nursing University the most popular school in Kentucky for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the rural area of Hyden, Frontier Nursing University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 96% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at Frontier Nursing University

#2

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

Out of the 7 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Kentucky University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NKU is a large public school located in the suburb of Highland Heights.

Of the 71 students majoring in nursing at NKU, 10% are male and 90% are female.

Full Nursing at Northern Kentucky University Report

#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. WKU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bowling Green.

Women make up 96% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at Western Kentucky University

Out of the 7 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in nursing at Eastern, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Kentucky is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UK is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lexington.

Women make up 69% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at University of Kentucky

#6

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

University of Louisville ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. UofL is a very large public school located in the city of Louisville.

Read full report on Nursing at University of Louisville

#7

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

Spalding University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Spalding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Louisville.

Read full report on Nursing at Spalding University

Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 7 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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