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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

4 Schools Ranked

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamp with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for nursing students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Husson University

Bangor, Maine
$17,680 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Husson University to be the best school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maine.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Husson. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 75% took at least some of their classes online.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list.

Saint Joseph’s Maine is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
$10,014 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the # 3 spot on the list.

UMaine does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 74% took at least some of their classes online.

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#4

University of Southern Maine

Portland, Maine
$8,856 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the # 4 spot on the list.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since University of Southern Maine does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 94% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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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