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Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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$40,786 Avg Salary

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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs 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 Middle Atlantic Region for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public college 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 Middle Atlantic Region 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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Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Colleges by State

Explore the best practical nursing and nursing assistants colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 97
New York 0

Practical Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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