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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$30,550 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 Massachusetts. In total, 6,626 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Massachusetts.

With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

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 Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Massachusetts 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

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

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

#1

Endicott College

Beverly, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Endicott College the best value school in Massachusetts for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. 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 in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $16,251 per year.

UMass Amherst not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Boston, MCPHS University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at MCPHS University are $24,060 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the medium-sized city of Worcester, UMass Medical School is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMass Medical School are $26,113 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. UMass Boston is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Boston are $18,938 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UMass Boston is ranked #4 for overall quality for nursing in Massachusetts.

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Northeastern University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Northeastern also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #2.

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#7

Regis College

Weston, MA

Regis College 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. Located in the large suburb of Weston, Regis College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Regis College are $29,405 per year.

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MGH Institute of Health Professions landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nursing programs. MGH Institute of Health Professions is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MGH Institute of Health Professions are $72,985 per year.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 2,129
Vermont 390
Connecticut 3,058
Maine 1,262
Rhode Island 1,091

Nursing Concentrations

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 8 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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