2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Colorado. In total, 6,496 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Colorado.
With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
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 Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Colorado 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.
Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Pueblo the best value school in Colorado for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Pueblo.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Colorado State University - Pueblo are $8,287 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Regis U are $15,079 per year.
Regis U not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Colorado. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.
UCCS graduate students pay an average of $13,854 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, UCCS is ranked #2 for overall quality for nursing in Colorado.
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Request InformationBest Value Nursing Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Utah | 17,535 |
Montana | 745 |
Idaho | 1,593 |
Wyoming | 397 |
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Nursing Related Majors for Nursing
Nursing Concentrations
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 3 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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