2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
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Nursing is the most popular major in the United States with 27,247 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. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.
2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions the most popular school in the Rocky Mountains Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. RMUoHP is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.
Of the 51 students majoring in nursing at RMUoHP, 14% are male and 86% are female.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regis University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Women make up 60% of the nursing majors at the school.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Pueblo is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Pueblo.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Utah is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Montana State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 2 students majoring in nursing at MSU Bozeman, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Colorado Springs.
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Idaho State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the city of Pocatello, ISU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Boise State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Boise State is a very large public school located in the city of Boise.
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Westminster College Utah 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 #7 on the list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 6,496 |
| Utah | 17,535 |
| Montana | 745 |
| Idaho | 1,593 |
| Wyoming | 397 |
Nursing Related Majors
Nursing Concentrations
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 10 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).
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