2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2021-2022, 319,502 degrees and certificates were awarded to nursing students, making the major the most popular in the country.
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.
2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region
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 .
Top 10 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the town of Pullman.
Of the 50 students majoring in nursing at Wazzu, 24% are male and 76% are female.
The in-demand graduate certificate programs at National University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in the Far Western US Region . National University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Diego.
Women make up 83% of the nursing majors at the school.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the suburb of Los Angeles, CDU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Of the 59 students majoring in nursing at CDU, 25% are male and 75% are female.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western University of Health Sciences. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large suburb of Pomona, Western University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Women make up 77% of the nursing majors at the school.
Read full report on Nursing at Western University of Health Sciences
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. Located in the large city of Irvine, Brandman is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Of the 39 students majoring in nursing at Brandman, 10% are male and 90% are female.
With a ranking of #7, University of California - San Francisco did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Francisco, UCSF is a public college with a small student population.
Women make up 82% of the nursing majors at the school.
Read full report on Nursing at University of California - San Francisco
West Coast University - Orange County ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. West Coast University - Orange County is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Anaheim.
Women make up 82% of the nursing majors at the school.
University of Nevada - Reno landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the large city of Reno, UNR is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 12 students majoring in nursing at UNR, 17% are male and 83% are female.
California State University - Los Angeles ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 76% of the nursing majors at the school.
Best Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Washington | 3,851 |
California | 18,329 |
Nevada | 2,015 |
Alaska | 177 |
Hawaii | 535 |
Oregon | 1,502 |
Nursing Related Majors
Nursing Concentrations
Majors Similar to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 85,339 |
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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