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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 77,470 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 45 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of South Alabama the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Mobile, USA is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 94% of the nursing majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Frontier Nursing University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Frontier Nursing University is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Hyden.

Of the 125 students majoring in nursing at Frontier Nursing University, 4% are male and 96% are female.

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#3

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

About 89% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 11% are male.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at South University’s online programs helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Savannah, South University's online programs is a private for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 88% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 13% are male.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a great place for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. UT Knoxville is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Knoxville.

Women make up 91% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#6

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

With a ranking of #6, Western Kentucky University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 26 students majoring in nursing at WKU, 4% are male and 96% are female.

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#7

University of Mississippi

University, MS

University of Mississippi came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in nursing at Ole Miss, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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#8

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

Of the 15 students majoring in nursing at UF, 7% are male and 93% are female.

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With a ranking of #9, Eastern Kentucky University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Eastern is a fairly large public school located in the town of Richmond.

About 64% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 36% are male.

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#10

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in nursing at UK, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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Explore the most popular online nursing colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Louisiana 3,502
Mississippi 2,838
Alabama 7,364
Kentucky 6,395
Tennessee 6,004
Florida 21,209
Arkansas 2,882
Georgia 7,112
North Carolina 7,425
West Virginia 1,771
South Carolina 3,296
Virginia 6,775

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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 26 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.

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