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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$18,997 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Jersey. With 691 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 5th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in New Jersey to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey

Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

Our 2023 rankings named Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus the best value school in New Jersey for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. FDU is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Teaneck.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at FDU are $10,722 per year.

Full Nursing at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus Report

Out of the 5 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, William Paterson University of New Jersey landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

William Paterson University graduate students pay an average of $14,050 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Felician University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in New Jersey. Located in the suburb of Lodi, Felician is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Felician are $20,430 a year.

Full Nursing at Felician University Report

Out of the 5 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - New Brunswick landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public college with a very large student population.

Rutgers New Brunswick graduate students pay an average of $20,495 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Rutgers New Brunswick not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in New Jersey list.

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#5

Monmouth University

West Long Branch, NJ

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Monmouth University is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of West Long Branch, Monmouth is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Monmouth graduate students pay an average of $29,290 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Nursing at Monmouth University Report

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,148
Pennsylvania 2,683
Maryland 922
District of Columbia 534
Delaware 174

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

Majors Similar to Nursing

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.

  • 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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