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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

5 Schools Ranked
$40,025 Avg Student Debt

With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Texas ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Texas 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.

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284 Total Awards
$10,853 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Arlington the most popular school in Texas for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 284 students in 2021-2022.

Around 73% 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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#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, Texas
42 Total Awards
$33,708 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Fort Worth, Texas. It awarded 42 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

Around 29% of those degree recipients were women.

To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 21% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.

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#3

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas
617 Total Awards
$10,687 Average Tuition & Fees
$36,689 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - College Station. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Texas A&M College Station is located in College Station, Texas and has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 617 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Graduate Certificate recipients from Texas A&M College Station accumulate an average of $36,689 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 60% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 24% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

Angelo State University

San Angelo, Texas
50 Total Awards
$7,246 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Angelo State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in San Angelo, Texas, the fairly large public school handed out 50 graduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 72% were women.

Around 88% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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#3

West Coast University - Dallas

Richardson, Texas
9 Total Awards
$12,463 Average Tuition & Fees
$36,190 Avg Student Debt

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means West Coast University - Dallas is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. West Coast University - Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 9 graduate certificates to qualified students.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $36,190 in student loans. Around 89% of those degree recipients were women.

Since the graduate programs at West Coast University - Dallas are online, the school is an excellent choice for graduate students who need more flexibility than what is offered at some other schools.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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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