2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.
The Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Maine to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine
Learn more about these popular schools below:
Our analysis found Saint Joseph’s College of Maine to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Maine. Located in Standish, Maine, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 15 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2021-2022.
Of those students who received their degree, 73% were women.
Saint Joseph’s Maine is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
Our 2023 rankings named Husson University the most popular school in Maine for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Bangor, Maine, and it awarded 18 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Of those students who received their degree, 72% were women.
Husson does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2020-2021 about 73% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Out of the 4 schools in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Maine landed the # 3 spot on the list. Portland, Maine is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 118 students in 2021-2022.
Of those students who received their degree, 70% were women.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at University of Southern Maine. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 73% of graduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maine list. Orono, Maine is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 132 students in 2021-2022.
Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
UMaine does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In fact, around 64% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class 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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