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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana

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

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was ranked 5th in Louisiana. In fact, 520 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Louisiana to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana

Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Louisiana Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

Our 2023 rankings named University of Louisiana at Lafayette the best school in Louisiana for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend McNeese State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the city of Lake Charles, McNeese is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Loyola University New Orleans. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Loyola New Orleans is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeastern Louisiana University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Hammond, Southeastern is a public college with a large student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northwestern State University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Louisiana. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,110
Florida 3,074
Georgia 1,685
North Carolina 1,399
Tennessee 1,589
Kentucky 2,017
Alabama 2,641
South Carolina 468
Mississippi 262
Arkansas 299
West Virginia 184

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 5 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).
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