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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

1 College
$99,011 Avg Salary
$21,624 Avg Student Debt

Nursing is the most popular major in Connecticut with 3,058 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. 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 Connecticut ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 school in Connecticut offering online graduate certificate programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following school tops our list of the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named American Sentinel University the most popular online school in Connecticut for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. American Sentinel University is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Aurora.

Women make up 25% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at American Sentinel University

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State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 2,129
Massachusetts 6,626
Vermont 390
Maine 1,262
Rhode Island 1,091

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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

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

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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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