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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

5 Schools Ranked
$30,169 Avg Student Debt

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamp that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for nursing students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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Top Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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#1

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, New Jersey
$29,290 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Monmouth University the best school in New Jersey for nursing students working on their graduate certificate.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Monmouth. During the 2019-2020 year, about 90% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#2

Felician University

Lodi, New Jersey
$20,430 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Felician University landed the # 2 spot on the list.

Felician does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 52% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
$20,495 Average Tuition & Fees
$30,169 Avg Student Debt

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Rutgers University - New Brunswick helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in New Jersey.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $30,169 in loans while pursuing their degree.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Rutgers New Brunswick. In fact, around 23% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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$14,050 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend William Paterson University of New Jersey. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at William Paterson University. During the 2019-2020 year, about 32% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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$10,722 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.

Since the graduate programs at FDU are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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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