2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 322,592 degrees and certificates were awarded to nursing students, making the major the most popular in the country.
With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the New England Region 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.
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Our 2023 rankings named American Sentinel University the best value school in the New England Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Aurora, American Sentinel University is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
American Sentinel University graduate students pay an average of $6,920 in tuition and fees each year.
The excellent graduate certificate programs at Rivier University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Nashua, Rivier is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rivier are $12,195 per year.
Rivier also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #2.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the rural area of Standish, Saint Joseph's Maine is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Saint Joseph’s Maine graduate students pay an average of $9,766 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 22 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Endicott College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Endicott is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Beverly.
Endicott graduate students pay an average of $12,746 in tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Husson University is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Husson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Bangor.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Husson are $17,680 a year.
Husson also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #4.
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, MCPHS University is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MCPHS University are $24,060 a year.
University of Saint Joseph ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of West Hartford, USJ is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USJ are $15,264 a year.
Southern New Hampshire University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SNHU are $19,470 per year.
Northeastern University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Northeastern are $26,095 per year.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small suburb of Durham, UNH is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UNH graduate students pay an average of $29,992 in tuition and fees each year.
UNH also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #5.
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Best Nursing Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 2,129 |
| Massachusetts | 6,626 |
| Vermont | 390 |
| Connecticut | 3,058 |
| Maine | 1,262 |
| Rhode Island | 1,091 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 22 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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