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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 midsize city of Rochester.

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

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Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

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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Best Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

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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.

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