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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio

19 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 Ohio with 13,973 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 19 schools in Ohio 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 Cincinnati - Main Campus to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Ohio. UC is a very large public school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

About 88% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 12% are male.

The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at UC take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $21,375.

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#2

Ursuline College

Pepper Pike, OH

Out of the 19 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ursuline College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Pepper Pike, Ursuline College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

About 98% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 2% are male.

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Out of the 19 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 84% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#4

University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

Out of the 19 schools in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Toledo landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public college with a large student population.

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

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Case Western Reserve University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cleveland.

Of the 17 students majoring in nursing at Case Western, 12% are male and 88% are female.

The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Case Western take out while working on their Graduate Certificate is $20,683.

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Wright State University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Dayton.

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Kent State University at Kent came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Kent State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kent.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 70% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 30% are male.

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With a ranking of #9, Mount Carmel College of Nursing did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Columbus, Mount Carmel College of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#10

Xavier University

Cincinnati, OH

Xavier University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Xavier is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

Of the 7 students majoring in nursing at Xavier, 14% are male and 86% are female.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 7,345
Illinois 21,938
Indiana 7,922
Wisconsin 5,410

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 averages are for the top 19 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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