2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was ranked 2nd in Colorado. In fact, 1,462 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Colorado 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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado
Check out the nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing
Our analysis found Colorado State University - Pueblo to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Colorado. Located in the city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Colorado State University - Pueblo graduate students pay an average of $8,287 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Regis University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado list. Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Regis U are $15,079 a year.
Regis U also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Colorado rankings.
Out of the 3 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCCS are $13,854 a year.
Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Utah | 3,534 |
Idaho | 85 |
Montana | 42 |
Wyoming | 19 |
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Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.
Majors Similar to Nursing
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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.
- 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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