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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida

4 Schools Ranked
$80,219 Avg Student Debt

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. 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. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Florida ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Florida 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 Florida

Gainesville, Florida
1,038 Total Awards
$12,737 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Florida the most popular school in Florida for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UF is a public institution located in Gainesville, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1,038 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 68% were women.

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

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238 Total Awards
$11,333 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Florida International University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. FIU is a public institution located in Miami, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 238 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 73% were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 50% took at least some of their classes online.

Full Florida International University Report

#3

St. Thomas University

Miami Gardens, Florida
71 Total Awards
$167,642 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Thomas University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Florida list. St. Thomas University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Miami Gardens, Florida that handed out 71 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $167,642 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 59% of those degree recipients were women.

Around 47% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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#3

AdventHealth University

Orlando, Florida
$26,982 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at AdventHealth University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Florida.

Around 56% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

Full AdventHealth University Report

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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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