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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$12,290 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 Arizona. In total, 12,966 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Arizona.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Arizona 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 Arizona

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

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

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the best value school in Arizona for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.

Grand Canyon University also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NAU are $11,555 per year.

NAU also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 3 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ASU - Tempe are $12,608 a year.

ASU - Tempe did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

Full Nursing at Arizona State University - Tempe Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $13,460 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Arizona also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Phoenix - Arizona is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 a year.

UOPX - Arizona did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

Full Nursing at University of Phoenix - Arizona Report

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 21,862
New Mexico 1,390
Oklahoma 3,009

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 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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