2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. 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. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
The Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in Ohio to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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Top Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio
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Our 2023 rankings named Youngstown State University the best value school in Ohio for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Youngstown, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Youngstown State University. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 60% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. OHIO Athens is a large public school situated in Athens, Ohio. It awarded 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
OHIO Athens graduate students pay an average of $17,712 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at OHIO Athens, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 70% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
OHIO Athens not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 37 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Ohio State graduate students pay an average of $38,377 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at Ohio State, 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 2019-2020 academic year, around 76% took at least some of their classes online.
Ohio State also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list, coming in at #3.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Kent State University at Kent. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Kent State is a large public school situated in Kent, Ohio. It awarded 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Kent State are $21,952 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Kent State. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 57% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Xavier University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Xavier University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Cincinnati, Ohio that handed out 7 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Xavier are $12,076 a year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Xavier. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 46% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Wright State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nursing programs. Located in Dayton, Ohio, the fairly large public school handed out 13 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286 a year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $28,259 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Online graduate courses are available at Wright State University - Main Campus, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 73% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Wright State University - Main Campus did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list.
Franciscan University of Steubenville came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Located in Steubenville, Ohio, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Franciscan U are $12,888 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Franciscan U does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 84% took at least some of their classes online.
With a ranking of #8, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. This large public school is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and it awarded 198 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $26,644 per year. Graduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $21,388 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that UC does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 82% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UC is ranked #5 for overall quality in Ohio.
University of Akron Main Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in Akron, Ohio that handed out 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
University of Akron Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $11,936 in tuition and fees each year.
University of Akron Main Campus does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
University of Toledo landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate nursing programs. Toledo, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 18 students in 2020-2021.
University of Toledo graduate students pay an average of $27,739 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at University of Toledo. In fact, around 29% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Ursuline College ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Pepper Pike, Ohio, and it awarded 46 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Ursuline College graduate students pay an average of $22,730 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that Ursuline College does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 27% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Lourdes University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Lourdes University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Sylvania, Ohio that handed out 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Lourdes graduate students pay an average of $15,250 in tuition and fees each year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Lourdes. In fact, around 61% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Case Western Reserve University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, the fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 17 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Case Western are $49,398 a year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $20,683 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Case Western. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 17% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Case Western also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list, coming in at #1.
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*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.
References
- 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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