2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi
A nursing student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.
The Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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 Mississippi
Learn more about these popular schools below:
Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern Mississippi the most popular school in Mississippi for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 114 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Around 75% of those degree recipients were women.
Southern Miss does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 63% took at least some of their classes online.
Our analysis found University of Mississippi to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Mississippi. Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 48 graduate certificates to qualified students.
Around 58% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Ole Miss, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2020-2021 year, about 28% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Delta State University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Delta State University is a small public school situated in Cleveland, Mississippi. It awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Delta State University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2020-2021 about 93% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at MUW. 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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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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