2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 39,944 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
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 Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found West Coast University - Dallas to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southwest Region . West Coast University - Dallas is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Dallas.
West Coast University - Dallas graduate students pay an average of $10,735 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 20 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in tuition and fees each year.
Grand Canyon University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the city of San Antonio.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Health San Antonio are $13,448 a year.
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Out of the 20 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Angelo State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Angelo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Angelo State are $14,590 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in the Southwest Region . TTUHSC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TTUHSC are $19,056 per year.
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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,677 a year.
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Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $24,106 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Texas A&M College Station is ranked #1 for overall quality for nursing in the Southwest Region .
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Texas Woman’s University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.
TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.
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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 per year.
UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public college with a small student population.
UOHSC graduate students pay an average of $22,154 in tuition and fees each year.
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Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 12,966 |
| Texas | 21,862 |
| New Mexico | 1,390 |
| Oklahoma | 3,009 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 20 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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