2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida
With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Florida 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 Florida
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Our 2023 rankings named Florida International University the best school in Florida for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Miami, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 238 students in 2021-2022.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at FIU. During the 2020-2021 year, about 50% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Miami. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. U Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 166 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Graduate Certificate recipients from U Miami accumulate an average of $87,438 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at U Miami. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 38% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 7 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 455 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Online graduate courses are available at UCF, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 51% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Jacksonville University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. JU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jacksonville, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 26 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.
JU 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. During the 2020-2021 year, about 51% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Southern College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. Located in Lakeland, Florida, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2021-2022.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Florida Southern. In 2020-2021 about 26% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
With a ranking of #6, The University of Tampa did quite well on this year’s best schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UT is located in Tampa, Florida and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 16 graduate certificates to qualified students.
One thing to take note of is that UT does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 5% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Nova Southeastern 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 #7 on the list. NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 246 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Graduate Certificate recipients from NUS Florida accumulate an average of $202,976 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at NUS Florida. During the 2020-2021 year, about 53% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 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%.
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