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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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$101,387 Avg Salary
$40,791 Avg Student Debt

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.

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.

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

Our analysis found Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . RMUoHP is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

About 82% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 18% are male.

Read full report on Nursing at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Out of the 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the # 2 spot on the list. UCCS is a fairly large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

About 90% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 10% are male.

Read full report on Nursing at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

#3

Regis University

Denver, CO

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. Regis U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

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

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Out of the 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the # 4 spot on the list. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Pueblo.

Full Nursing at Colorado State University - Pueblo Report

#5

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

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 school with a very large student population.

Read full report on Nursing at University of Utah

Montana State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 67% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at Montana State University

#7

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

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 large student population.

Read full report on Nursing at Idaho State University

Boise State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boise.

Full Nursing at Boise State University Report

#7

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

With a ranking of #7, Westminster College Utah did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

Read full report on Nursing at Westminster College Utah

Best Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the best nursing colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 6,496
Utah 17,535
Montana 745
Idaho 1,593
Wyoming 397

Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 262,974
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,647
Nursing Practice 8,862
Nursing Administration 8,663
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 4,717
Nursing Science 4,701
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,895
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,075
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 2,011
Nurse Anesthetist 1,768
Critical Care Nursing 747
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 622
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 567
School Nursing 539
Clinical Nurse Leader 502
Clinical Nurse Specialist 340
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 269
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing 262
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 192
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 87
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 26
Forensic Nursing 23
Palliative Care Nursing 13

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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