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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$12,290 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 Arizona. With 3,385 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 2nd 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. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arizona 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

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

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our analysis found Grand Canyon University to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Arizona. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Phoenix.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Grand Canyon University are $11,538 per year.

Full Nursing at Grand Canyon University Report

Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Arizona University landed the # 2 spot on the list. NAU is a very large public school located in the city of Flagstaff.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NAU are $11,555 per year.

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

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Out of the 5 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a fairly large student population.

ASU - Tempe graduate students pay an average of $12,608 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ASU - Tempe also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona rankings.

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#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arizona. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.

University of Arizona graduate students pay an average of $13,460 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

University of Arizona not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Arizona list.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Arizona. UOPX - Arizona is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UOPX - Arizona are $16,153 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UOPX - Arizona is ranked #2 for overall quality for nursing in Arizona.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 3,662
Oklahoma 165
New Mexico 106

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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