2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kansas
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
There are so many nursing programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
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 Kansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Kansas 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.
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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kansas
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Our analysis found University of Kansas to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Kansas. KU is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $25,007 per year.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at KU. In 2019-2020 about 69% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
KU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kansas list.
Out of the 3 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s value ranking, Washburn University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Topeka, Kansas, the medium-sized public school handed out 31 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Washburn University are $19,316 per year.
One thing to take note of is that Washburn University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 48% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Washburn University also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kansas list, coming in at #2.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend MidAmerica Nazarene University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kansas list. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Olathe, Kansas, and it awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at MNU are $13,024 per year.
One thing to take note of is that MNU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 48% took at least some of their classes online.
MNU also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kansas list, coming in at #3.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 3 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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