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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

6 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 Iowa with 2,966 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Iowa 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.

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

Our analysis found Graceland University - Lamoni to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Iowa. Located in the remote area of Lamoni, Graceland Lamoni is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Iowa City.

Women make up 76% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#3

Allen College

Waterloo, IA

Out of the 6 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Allen College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Waterloo, Allen College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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

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#4

Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, IA

Out of the 6 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Briar Cliff University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Sioux City, Briar Cliff is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#4

Morningside College

Sioux City, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morningside College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Morningside is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Sioux City.

Women make up 75% of the nursing majors at the school.

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Clarke University

Dubuque, IA

With a ranking of #6, Clarke University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Clarke is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Dubuque.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 14,890
South Dakota 1,022
North Dakota 976
Nebraska 1,908
Kansas 2,633
Missouri 6,840

Nursing Focus Areas

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 6 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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