2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Graduate Certificate School for You
With 84,274 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, practical nursing and nursing assistants is the #2 most popular major in the United States.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants program at each school on the list.
2023 Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for practical nursing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
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Our analysis found University at Buffalo to be the most popular school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus the most popular school in the United States for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their graduate certificate. IUP is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Indiana.
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Our analysis found University of Nevada - Las Vegas to be the most popular school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. UNLV is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.
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Our 2023 rankings named Ashland University the most popular school in the United States for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their graduate certificate. Ashland is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Ashland.
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Majors Related to Practical Nursing
Practical Nursing Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training | 44,900 |
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide | 34,557 |
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | 4,817 |
Most Popular Majors Related to Practical Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Nursing | 322,592 |
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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.