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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Nevada

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

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in Nevada with 2,015 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

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 Nevada to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Nevada to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Nevada - Reno to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Nevada. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 17 students majoring in nursing at UNR, 35% are male and 65% are female.

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#2

Touro University Nevada

Henderson, NV

Out of the 3 schools in Nevada that were part of this year’s ranking, Touro University Nevada landed the # 2 spot on the list. Touro University Nevada is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Henderson.

Women make up 75% of the nursing majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nevada - Las Vegas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Nevada list. UNLV is a very large public school located in the city of Las Vegas.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 3,851
California 18,329
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

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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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