2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Nursing is the most popular major in Minnesota with 14,890 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Minnesota 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 Minnesota
Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Minnesota.
Most Popular Minnesota Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our 2023 rankings named Mayo Clinic School of Medicine the most popular school in Minnesota for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Rochester.
Women make up 63% of the nursing majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Winona State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Minnesota. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Minnesota State University - Moorhead helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Minnesota. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Out of the 9 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Saint Scholastica landed the # 5 spot on the list. St. Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Duluth.
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Minnesota State University - Mankato 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 #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Metropolitan State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in the large city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate nursing programs. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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South Dakota | 1,022 |
North Dakota | 976 |
Nebraska | 1,908 |
Kansas | 2,633 |
Iowa | 2,966 |
Missouri | 6,840 |
Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing Focus Areas
Most Popular Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 84,274 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 9 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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