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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$13,958 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 750 degrees and certificates from a Connecticut school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Connecticut 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut

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

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

Our analysis found American Sentinel University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Connecticut. American Sentinel University is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Aurora.

American Sentinel University graduate students pay an average of $6,920 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

University of Saint Joseph

West Hartford, CT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Saint Joseph is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. USJ is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of West Hartford.

USJ graduate students pay an average of $15,264 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southern Connecticut State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Connecticut. SCSU is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

SCSU graduate students pay an average of $13,321 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UCONN graduate students pay an average of $20,325 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCONN also made our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list, coming in at #5.

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#5

Yale University

New Haven, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Yale University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Connecticut list. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Yale are $45,700 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Yale is ranked #3 for overall quality for nursing in Connecticut.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,916
Rhode Island 83
New Hampshire 366
Maine 149
Vermont 25

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 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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