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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

3 Schools Ranked
$37,817 Avg Student Debt

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in New Jersey to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

Felician University

Lodi, New Jersey
14 Total Awards
$20,900 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Felician University to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New Jersey. Lodi, New Jersey is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out graduate certificates to 14 students in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 93% were women.

Around 49% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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#2

Thomas Edison State University

Trenton, New Jersey
35 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you attend Thomas Edison State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. TESU is a public institution located in Trenton, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 35 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

Around 46% of those degree recipients were women.

TESU is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#2

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, New Jersey
31 Total Awards
$33,064 Average Tuition & Fees
$65,821 Avg Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Monmouth University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Monmouth is a private not-for-profit institution located in West Long Branch, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 31 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

Graduate Certificate recipients from Monmouth accumulate an average of $65,821 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 77% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 34% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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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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