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.
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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 medium-sized city of Rochester.
Women make up 63% of the nursing majors at the school.
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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.
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.
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.
Read full report on Nursing at Minnesota State University - Moorhead
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.
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.
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.
Read full report on Nursing at Metropolitan State University
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
Best Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region
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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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