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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, 85,339 practical nursing & nursing assistants students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for practical nursing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

Our 2023 rankings named University at Buffalo the most popular school in the United States for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public school with a very 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 & nursing assistants students working on their graduate certificate. IUP is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Indiana.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nevada - Las Vegas the most popular school in the United States for practical nursing & nursing assistants students working on their graduate certificate. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

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#1

Ashland University

Ashland, OH

Our analysis found Ashland University to be the most popular school for practical nursing & nursing assistants students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Ashland is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Ashland.

Read full report on Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants at Ashland University

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

Practical Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 45,031
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 35,655
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,653

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 319,502

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.

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