2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Also there are many trade schools and bpptcamp that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
The Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 8 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for nursing students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.
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Top Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana
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Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Indiana.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Purdue. In 2019-2020 about 60% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 8 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Indiana landed the # 2 spot on the list.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at USI. In fact, around 96% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Purdue University Global is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate.
On average, graduate certificate students take out $33,486 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Purdue University Global. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ball State University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Ball State. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 91% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Purdue University Northwest is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate.
Purdue Northwest does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 54% took at least some of their classes online.
Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate nursing programs.
One thing to take note of is that IUPUI does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 71% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana ranking.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since IWU does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 90% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Indiana State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list.
One thing to take note of is that Indiana State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 71% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.
References
- Read more about our ranking methodology.
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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