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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

4 Schools Ranked
$42,745 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Kentucky 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

Frontier Nursing University

Versailles, Kentucky
112 Total Awards
$18,073 Average Tuition & Fees
$58,443 Avg Student Debt

Our analysis found Frontier Nursing University to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Kentucky. Frontier Nursing University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Versailles, Kentucky that handed out 112 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $58,443 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 97% were women.

Interested in an online degree? Then you definitely want to check out Frontier Nursing University. Every graduate student at the school took at least one class online.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky
166 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. WKU is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 166 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Around 63% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 69% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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#3

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky
66 Total Awards
$10,308 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Eastern Kentucky University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Kentucky. Richmond, Kentucky is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 66 students in 2021-2022.

Around 80% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
551 Total Awards
$13,946 Average Tuition & Fees
$37,516 Avg Student Debt

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Kentucky is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Lexington, Kentucky is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 551 students in 2021-2022.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $37,516 in loans while pursuing their degree. Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.

During the 2020-2021 year, about 44% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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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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