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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

5 Schools Ranked
$38,833 Avg Student Debt

It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Nursing Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arizona 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.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, Arizona
440 Total Awards
$11,638 Average Tuition & Fees
$38,699 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the most popular school in Arizona for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Grand Canyon University is located in Phoenix, Arizona and has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 440 graduate certificates to qualified students.

Graduate Certificate recipients from Grand Canyon University accumulate an average of $38,699 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 82% of those degree recipients were women.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Grand Canyon University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.

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193 Total Awards
$12,914 Average Tuition & Fees
$51,888 Avg Student Debt

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Arizona. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 193 graduate certificates in 2021-2022.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $51,888 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 68% were women.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at ASU - Tempe. During the 2020-2021 year, about 17% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona
325 Total Awards
$14,015 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the # 3 spot on the list. Tucson, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 325 students in 2021-2022.

Of those students who received their degree, 68% were women.

You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at University of Arizona. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 41% took at least some of their classes online.

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#4

Northern Arizona University

Flagstaff, Arizona
135 Total Awards
$11,946 Average Tuition & Fees
$27,613 Avg Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, the large public school handed out 135 graduate certificate awards in 2021-2022.

On average, graduate certificate students take out $27,613 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 77% of those degree recipients were women.

One thing to take note of is that NAU does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2020-2021 year, about 54% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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650 Total Awards
$39,271 Avg Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Phoenix - Arizona landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the large private for-profit school awarded 650 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2021-2022.

By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $39,271 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 70% were women.

One thing to take note of is that UOPX - Arizona does offer online graduate classes in some areas. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 99% took at least some of their classes online.

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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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