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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa

5 Schools Ranked
$73,593 Avg Student Debt

With all the nursing programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

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 Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Iowa 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:

20 Total Awards
$11,905 Average Tuition & Fees
$46,047 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named Graceland University - Lamoni the most popular school in Iowa for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Graceland Lamoni is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lamoni, Iowa. It awarded 20 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $46,047 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 95% of those degree recipients were women.

Around 89% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
1,251 Total Awards
$12,564 Average Tuition & Fees
$86,053 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Located in Iowa City, Iowa, the large public school handed out 1,251 graduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $86,053 in student loans. Around 58% of those degree recipients were women.

Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 37% took at least some of their classes online.

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#3

Briar Cliff University

Sioux City, Iowa
5 Total Awards
$9,554 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Briar Cliff University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in Sioux City, Iowa, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 80% were women.

In 2020-2021 about 64% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#3

Morningside College

Sioux City, Iowa
1 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you attend Morningside College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Morningside is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux City, Iowa. It awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

Since the graduate programs at Morningside are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

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#5

Allen College

Waterloo, Iowa
6 Total Awards
$19,200 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Allen College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. Located in Waterloo, Iowa, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 graduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

During the 2020-2021 year, about 78% 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 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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