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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$13,958 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in Connecticut with 3,058 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are so many nursing programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

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 Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Connecticut 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nursing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

Our 2023 rankings named American Sentinel University the best value school in Connecticut for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. American Sentinel University is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Aurora.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Sentinel University are $6,920 per year.

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#2

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Saint Joseph helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Connecticut. USJ is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Hartford.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USJ are $15,264 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, USJ is ranked #3 for overall quality for nursing in Connecticut.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Connecticut State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. SCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New Haven.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SCSU are $13,321 per year.

SCSU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Connecticut. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UCONN graduate students pay an average of $20,325 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCONN not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list.

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#5

Yale University

New Haven, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Yale are $45,700 a year.

Yale also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut rankings.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 2,129
Massachusetts 6,626
Vermont 390
Maine 1,262
Rhode Island 1,091

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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