2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New York
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in New York with 17,708 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. 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 York to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in New York to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New York
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New York. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Downstate are $11,973 per year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Upstate Medical University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. SUNY Upstate Medical University is a small public school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.
SUNY Upstate Medical University graduate students pay an average of $12,316 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend SUNY Polytechnic Institute. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Utica, SUNY Poly is a public school with a small student population.
SUNY Poly graduate students pay an average of $12,788 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 25 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Hunter College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a very large student population.
Hunter graduate students pay an average of $11,398 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Out of the 25 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehman College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Bronx, Lehman is a public college with a large student population.
Lehman graduate students pay an average of $11,570 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #6, College of Staten Island CUNY did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. CSI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Staten Island.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSI are $11,650 per year.
Stony Brook University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. Located in the large suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public school with a very large student population.
SUNY Stony Brook graduate students pay an average of $13,838 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #8, Binghamton University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Binghamton University is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Binghamton University are $13,780 per year.
University at Buffalo ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Buffalo.
University at Buffalo graduate students pay an average of $14,388 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Russell Sage College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. Located in the small city of Troy, Russel Sage is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Russel Sage are $13,140 per year.
Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Pennsylvania | 11,477 |
New Jersey | 5,648 |
Maryland | 4,104 |
Delaware | 1,267 |
District of Columbia | 990 |
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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 25 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.
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