2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Missouri with 6,840 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
There are so many nursing programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
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 Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Missouri 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.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Kansas City the best value school in Missouri for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UMKC is a large public school located in the city of Kansas City.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMKC are $11,745 a year.
UMKC also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri rankings.
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Out of the 6 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Maryville U are $15,696 per year.
Maryville U also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #1.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, Goldfarb School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Goldfarb School of Nursing graduate students pay an average of $10,872 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Research College of Nursing is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Kansas City, Research College of Nursing is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Research College of Nursing are $10,520 per year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - St Louis helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Missouri. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, UMSL is a public school with a large student population.
UMSL graduate students pay an average of $12,528 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Saint Louis University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nursing programs. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SLU are $22,614 per year.
SLU also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #3.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | 14,890 |
| South Dakota | 1,022 |
| North Dakota | 976 |
| Nebraska | 1,908 |
| Kansas | 2,633 |
| Iowa | 2,966 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 6 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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