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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

3 Colleges
$99,011 Avg Salary
$21,624 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maryland. With 922 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the 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. Also there are many trade schools 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, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Maryland to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best for nursing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Maryland Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

#1

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Johns Hopkins University the best school in Maryland for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Johns Hopkins is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. UMB is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowie State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Maryland list. Bowie State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bowie.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,148
Pennsylvania 2,683
New Jersey 691
District of Columbia 534
Delaware 174

Nursing is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

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