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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

9 Colleges
$101,387 Avg Salary
$40,791 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 2021-2022.

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.

About 70% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 30% are male.

On average, nursing graduates from Mayo Clinic School of Medicine take out $9,134 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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#2

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 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 distant town of Winona, Winona State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 94% of the nursing majors at the school.

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Out of the 9 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the # 5 spot on the list. MSU Moorhead is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College of Saint Scholastica. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. St. Scholastica is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Duluth.

About 88% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 13% are male.

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Minnesota State University - Mankato ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Metropolitan State University 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 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
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 262,974
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,647
Nursing Practice 8,862
Nursing Administration 8,663
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 4,717
Nursing Science 4,701
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,895
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,075
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 2,011
Nurse Anesthetist 1,768
Critical Care Nursing 747
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 622
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 567
School Nursing 539
Clinical Nurse Leader 502
Clinical Nurse Specialist 340
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 269
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing 262
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 192
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 87
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 26
Forensic Nursing 23
Palliative Care Nursing 13

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339

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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