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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

9 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 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.

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

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 medium-sized city of Rochester.

Women make up 63% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Capella University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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Out of the 9 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Winona State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public school 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 suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at The College of Saint Scholastica helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Minnesota. St. Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Duluth.

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With a ranking of #7, Minnesota State University - Mankato did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Metropolitan State University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. 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 came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota ranking. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Read full report on Nursing at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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State Degrees Awarded
South Dakota 1,022
North Dakota 976
Nebraska 1,908
Kansas 2,633
Iowa 2,966
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

Related Major Annual Graduates
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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