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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$13,624 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in Minnesota. In total, 5,809 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in Minnesota.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Minnesota to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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

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

2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Winona State University the best value school in Minnesota for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Winona State is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Winona.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Winona State are $8,756 per year.

Winona State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list.

Read full report on Nursing at Winona State University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mayo Clinic School of Medicine. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the midsize city of Rochester, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine are $22,716 per year.

Full Nursing at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Moorhead is a great value for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. MSU Moorhead is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at MSU Moorhead are $11,052 per year.

Full Nursing at Minnesota State University - Moorhead Report

Out of the 6 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, The College of Saint Scholastica landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Duluth, St. Scholastica is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at St. Scholastica are $15,502 a year.

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#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 2,207
Iowa 462
Kansas 311
Nebraska 414
North Dakota 100
South Dakota 94

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 6 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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