2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 26,717 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
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.
The Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 21 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found West Coast University - Orange County to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . West Coast University - Orange County is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Anaheim.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at West Coast University - Orange County are $10,989 per year.
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Out of the 21 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Point Loma Nazarene University landed the # 2 spot on the list. PLNU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at PLNU are $11,880 per year.
PLNU also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Saint Mary’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, MSMU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
MSMU graduate students pay an average of $13,099 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
National University graduate students pay an average of $15,480 in tuition and fees each year.
National University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brandman University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Brandman is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Irvine.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Brandman are $12,720 a year.
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Seattle University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Seattle U are $14,310 per year.
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California State University - Dominguez Hills did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. CSUDH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Carson.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSUDH are $17,998 per year.
CSUDH did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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California State University - Long Beach landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nursing programs. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSULB are $17,784 per year.
CSULB did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list.
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University of Phoenix - California landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nursing programs. UOPX - California is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Costa Mesa.
UOPX - California graduate students pay an average of $16,188 in tuition and fees each year.
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Western University of Health Sciences came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Western University of Health Sciences are $22,709 a year.
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Request InformationBest Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Washington | 3,851 |
| California | 18,329 |
| Nevada | 2,015 |
| Alaska | 177 |
| Hawaii | 535 |
| Oregon | 1,502 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 21 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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