Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi

Find Schools Near

2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi

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

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Mississippi. In total, 2,838 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Mississippi.

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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Mississippi 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern Mississippi the most popular school in Mississippi for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Southern Miss is a large public school located in the city of Hattiesburg.

About 83% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 17% are male.

The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Southern Miss take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $19,246.

Read full report on Nursing at University of Southern Mississippi

Request Information
#1

University of Mississippi

University, MS

Our analysis found University of Mississippi to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Mississippi. Ole Miss is a fairly large public school located in the town of University.

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

Read full report on Nursing at University of Mississippi

Request Information
#3

Delta State University

Cleveland, MS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delta State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list. Located in the town of Cleveland, Delta State University is a public college with a small student population.

Read More…

Request Information

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list. Located in the remote town of Columbus, MUW is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on Nursing at Mississippi University for Women

Request Information

Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that 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
South Carolina 3,296
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 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.

Find Healthcare Schools Near You

Our free school-matching tool matches students with accredited healthcare schools across the U.S