2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Utah
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Utah with 17,535 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022.
Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Utah to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for nursing students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
View our full ranking methodology.
2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Utah
The following schools top our list of the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top Utah Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our analysis found Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions to be the best school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Utah. Located in the midsize city of Provo, RMUoHP is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
Read full report on Nursing at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Utah is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. U of U is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
Best Nursing Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
Explore all the Best Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 6,496 |
Montana | 745 |
Idaho | 1,593 |
Wyoming | 397 |
Nursing Related Rankings by Major
Nursing Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Registered Nursing | 262,974 |
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | 16,647 |
Nursing Practice | 8,862 |
Nursing Administration | 8,663 |
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 4,717 |
Nursing Science | 4,701 |
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | 2,895 |
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing | 2,075 |
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing | 2,011 |
Nurse Anesthetist | 1,768 |
Critical Care Nursing | 747 |
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing | 622 |
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery | 567 |
School Nursing | 539 |
Clinical Nurse Leader | 502 |
Clinical Nurse Specialist | 340 |
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing | 269 |
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing | 262 |
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing | 192 |
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing | 87 |
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing | 26 |
Forensic Nursing | 23 |
Palliative Care Nursing | 13 |
Majors Similar to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 85,339 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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.
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