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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

29 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 the United States with 39,944 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 29 schools in the Southwest 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.

Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Arlington the most popular school in the Southwest Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

Of the 93 students majoring in nursing at UT Arlington, 11% are male and 89% are female.

Full Nursing at The University of Texas at Arlington Report

#2

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly 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 #3 on this year’s list means The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Edinburg.

About 80% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 20% are male.

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Out of the 29 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 4 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Women make up 89% of the nursing majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at El Paso is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UTEP is a very large public school located in the large city of El Paso.

Of the 18 students majoring in nursing at UTEP, 28% are male and 72% are female.

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Texas Woman’s University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. TTUHSC is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Of the 16 students majoring in nursing at TTUHSC, 13% are male and 88% are female.

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#8

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 54% of the nursing majors at the school.

Nursing majors at TCU take out an average of $19,027 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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#9

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

With a ranking of #9, University of Arizona did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the city of San Antonio.

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Best Nursing Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 12,966
Texas 21,862
New Mexico 1,390
Oklahoma 3,009

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

Majors Similar to Nursing

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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 29 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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