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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

5 Schools Ranked
$22,435 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,046 Avg Student Debt*

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. 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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 5 schools in Arizona 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.

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 Arizona

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
76 Total Awards
$11,538 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the best value school in Arizona for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Grand Canyon University is a large private for-profit school located in Phoenix, Arizona that handed out 76 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Grand Canyon University graduate students pay an average of $11,538 in tuition and fees each year.

Online graduate courses are available at Grand Canyon University, 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 96% took at least some of their classes online.

Grand Canyon University also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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#2

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
7 Total Awards
$20,125 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northern Arizona University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Northern Arizona University is a large public school located in Flagstaff, Arizona that handed out 7 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NAU are $20,125 a year. Graduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $23,445 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

NAU does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 54% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

NAU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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19 Total Awards
$24,432 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 graduate certificates to qualified students.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ASU - Tempe are $24,432 a year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since ASU - Tempe does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 42% took at least some of their classes online.

ASU - Tempe did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
10 Total Awards
$33,644 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. University of Arizona is a large public school situated in Tucson, Arizona. It awarded 10 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Arizona are $33,644 per year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since University of Arizona does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. In fact, around 37% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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1 Total Awards
$16,153 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Phoenix - Arizona. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. UOPX - Arizona is located in Tempe, Arizona and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 graduate certificates to qualified students.

UOPX - Arizona graduate students pay an average of $16,153 in tuition and fees each year.

UOPX - Arizona 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 99% took at least some of their classes online.

UOPX - Arizona also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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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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