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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 26,717 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 32 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Long Beach the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

About 83% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 17% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Washington State University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.

Of the 42 students majoring in nursing at Wazzu, 19% are male and 81% are female.

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#3

National University

La Jolla, CA

Out of the 32 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, National University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 85% of the nursing majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Los Angeles, CDU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

About 71% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 29% are male.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Western University of Health Sciences helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 79% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#6

Brandman University

Irvine, CA

Brandman University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Brandman is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Irvine.

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

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University of California - San Francisco landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the large city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 73% of the nursing majors at the school.

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West Coast University - Orange County did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. West Coast University - Orange County is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Anaheim.

Women make up 79% of the nursing majors at the school.

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University of Nevada - Reno came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 65% of the nursing majors at the school.

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California State University - Los Angeles landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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Best Nursing Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 3,851
California 18,329
Nevada 2,015
Alaska 177
Hawaii 535
Oregon 1,502

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

Majors Similar to Nursing

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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 32 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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