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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

4 Schools Ranked
$61,898 Avg Student Debt

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Massachusetts to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Massachusetts

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
198 Total Awards
$16,625 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Massachusetts Amherst the best school in Massachusetts for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Amherst, Massachusetts, the large public school handed out 198 graduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMass Amherst does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 42% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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#2

Northeastern University

Boston, Massachusetts
14 Total Awards
$27,009 Average Tuition & Fees
$83,391 Avg Student Debt

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Massachusetts. Northeastern is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 14 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $83,391 in student loans.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Northeastern does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 26% took at least some of their classes online.

Full Northeastern University Report

#3

Endicott College

Beverly, Massachusetts
23 Total Awards

Out of the 4 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Endicott College landed the # 3 spot on the list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it awarded 23 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Endicott. In fact, around 87% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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#4

University of Massachusetts - Boston

Boston, Massachusetts
195 Total Awards
$19,499 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts list. This fairly large public school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 195 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UMass Boston does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 48% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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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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