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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

5 Schools Ranked
$23,081 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New Jersey to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

7 Total Awards
$10,722 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New Jersey. Teaneck, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 7 students in 2020-2021.

FDU graduate students pay an average of $10,722 in tuition and fees each year.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out FDU. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

FDU also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey rankings.

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14 Total Awards
$21,748 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 #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. William Paterson University is a medium-sized public school situated in Wayne, New Jersey. It awarded 14 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at William Paterson University are $21,748 per year.

William Paterson University 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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 32% 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, William Paterson University is ranked #4 for overall quality in New Jersey.

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#3

Felician University

Lodi, New Jersey
2 Total Awards
$20,430 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Felician University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Felician is located in Lodi, New Jersey and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 graduate certificates to qualified students.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Felician are $20,430 a year.

Online graduate courses are available at Felician, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 52% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Felician also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #2.

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#4

Rutgers University - New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey
4 Total Awards
$33,215 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. New Brunswick, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 4 students in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $33,215 per year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $30,169 in loans while pursuing their degree.

Online graduate courses are available at Rutgers New Brunswick, 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 23% took at least some of their classes online.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.

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#5

Monmouth University

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

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Monmouth University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in New Jersey. Monmouth University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in West Long Branch, New Jersey that handed out 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Monmouth are $29,290 per year.

Monmouth 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. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 90% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Monmouth did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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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