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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts

4 Schools Ranked
$61,898 Avg Student Debt

With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education opportunities 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 many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones had the most popular online graduate certificate programs 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

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts
198 Total Awards
$16,625 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Massachusetts Amherst to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a large public school situated in Amherst, Massachusetts. It awarded 198 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 62% were women.

During the 2020-2021 year, about 42% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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49 Total Awards
$25,020 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Massachusetts. MCPHS University is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 49 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Around 78% of those degree recipients were women.

During the 2020-2021 year, about 41% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Report

#3

Elms College

Chicopee, Massachusetts
39 Total Awards
$17,021 Average Tuition & Fees
$12,052 Avg Student Debt

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Elms College is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Elms College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Chicopee, Massachusetts that handed out 39 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $12,052 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 77% of those degree recipients were women.

Around 39% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

Full Elms College Report

#3

Emmanuel College Massachusetts

Boston, Massachusetts
6 Total Awards

Out of the 4 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Emmanuel College Massachusetts landed the # 3 spot on the list. Emmanuel Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 86% 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 4 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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