2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa
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.
2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa
Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Iowa.
Most Popular Iowa Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
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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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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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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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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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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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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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Minnesota | 14,890 |
South Dakota | 1,022 |
North Dakota | 976 |
Nebraska | 1,908 |
Kansas | 2,633 |
Missouri | 6,840 |
Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing Focus Areas
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 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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