2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona
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 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.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 |
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Texas | 21,862 |
New Mexico | 1,390 |
Oklahoma | 3,009 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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).
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