2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in New Mexico with 1,390 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
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 New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Mexico to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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 New Mexico
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Most Popular New Mexico Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named University of New Mexico - Main Campus the most popular school in New Mexico for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.
Women make up 86% of the nursing majors at the school.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Western New Mexico University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in New Mexico. Western New Mexico University is a small public school located in the town of Silver City.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Texas | 21,862 |
Arizona | 12,966 |
Oklahoma | 3,009 |
Nursing Related Majors
One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Nursing Concentrations
Majors Similar to Nursing
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 3 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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