2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
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.
2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .
Top 10 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
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 fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.
Of the 93 students majoring in nursing at UT Arlington, 11% are male and 89% are female.
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Out of the 29 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Grand Canyon University landed the # 2 spot on the 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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Out of the 29 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the # 3 spot on the list. UT Rio Grande Valley is a fairly large public school located in the city of Edinburg.
About 80% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 20% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.
Women make up 89% of the nursing majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UTEP is a fairly large public school located in the 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 came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a 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 came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. TTUHSC is a medium-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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Texas Christian University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a 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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University of Arizona 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 #9 on the list. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 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 #10 on the list. UT Health San Antonio is a small public school located in the large city of San Antonio.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 12,966 |
Texas | 21,862 |
New Mexico | 1,390 |
Oklahoma | 3,009 |
Nursing Related Majors
Nursing Concentrations
Majors Similar to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.
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