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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

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

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in Arizona with 12,966 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022.

With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arizona to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the most popular school in Arizona for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 83% of the nursing majors at the school.

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Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 2 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

Women make up 86% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Arizona helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Arizona. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the # 5 spot on the list. UOPX - Arizona is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

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

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 5 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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