2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Minnesota with 14,890 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
The Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Minnesota to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for nursing students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota
The colleges and universities below are the best for nursing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top Minnesota Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our analysis found Mayo Clinic School of Medicine to be the best school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Minnesota. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Rochester.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Winona State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the distant town of Winona, Winona State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Minnesota State University - Moorhead helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Minnesota. Located in the suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The College of Saint Scholastica is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. St. Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Duluth.
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Capella University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate nursing programs. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.
Best Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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South Dakota | 1,022 |
North Dakota | 976 |
Nebraska | 1,908 |
Kansas | 2,633 |
Iowa | 2,966 |
Missouri | 6,840 |
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Nursing Related Rankings by Major
Nursing Focus Areas
Major | Annual Graduates |
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Registered Nursing | 266,651 |
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing | 16,104 |
Nursing Administration | 9,838 |
Nursing Practice | 7,992 |
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | 5,092 |
Nursing Science | 4,600 |
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | 2,287 |
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing | 2,021 |
Nurse Anesthetist | 1,936 |
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing | 1,883 |
Critical Care Nursing | 773 |
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing | 563 |
School Nursing | 553 |
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery | 509 |
Clinical Nurse Leader | 444 |
Clinical Nurse Specialist | 419 |
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing | 331 |
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing | 181 |
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing | 57 |
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing | 53 |
Palliative Care Nursing | 14 |
Forensic Nursing | 14 |
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 6 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).
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