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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$18,997 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in New Jersey. In total, 5,648 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in New Jersey.

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Jersey 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

Our analysis found Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New Jersey. Located in the suburb of Teaneck, FDU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FDU are $10,722 per year.

FDU also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #5.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means William Paterson University of New Jersey is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. William Paterson University is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Wayne.

William Paterson University graduate students pay an average of $14,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

William Paterson University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Felician University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Felician is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lodi.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Felician are $20,430 per year.

Felician also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #2.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rutgers University - New Brunswick. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public school located in the city of New Brunswick.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Rutgers New Brunswick are $20,495 a year.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.

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#5

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, NJ

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Monmouth University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in New Jersey. Monmouth is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of West Long Branch.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Monmouth are $29,290 a year.

Monmouth also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 11,477
New York 17,708
Maryland 4,104
Delaware 1,267
District of Columbia 990

Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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