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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

8 Colleges
$99,011 Avg Salary
$21,624 Avg Student Debt

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Illinois. In total, 21,938 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Illinois.

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Illinois to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Chamberlain University - Illinois the most popular online school in Illinois for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Chamberlain - Illinois is a very large private for-profit school located in the suburb of Addison.

Of the 33 students majoring in nursing at Chamberlain - Illinois, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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#2

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Bradley University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Illinois. Located in the medium-sized city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 30 students majoring in nursing at Bradley, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at University of St Francis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Illinois. University of Saint Francis is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Joliet.

Women make up 81% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#4

Rush University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rush University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Rush University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Women make up 93% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#4

Lewis University

Romeoville, IL

Out of the 8 online programs at schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Lewis is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Romeoville.

About 86% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 14% are male.

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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate nursing programs. SIUE is a large public school located in the large suburb of Edwardsville.

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Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the midsize city of Peoria, St. Francis Medical Center College of Nursing is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#8

Methodist College

Peoria, IL

With a ranking of #8, Methodist College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Methodist College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 7,345
Ohio 13,973
Indiana 7,922
Wisconsin 5,410

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Nursing Focus Areas

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

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 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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