2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You
With 66,964 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the #2 most popular major in the United States.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.
The Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in the New England Region to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of New Hampshire - Main Campus the most popular online school in the New England Region for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. UNH is a large public school located in the small suburb of Durham.
Of the 43 students majoring in nursing at UNH, 19% are male and 81% are female.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts Amherst is a great place for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Husson University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the small city of Bangor, Husson is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Women make up 63% of the nursing majors at the school.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Saint Joseph’s College of Maine is a great place for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. Saint Joseph's Maine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Standish.
Of the 8 students majoring in nursing at Saint Joseph's Maine, 38% are male and 63% are female.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.
Of the 8 students majoring in nursing at SNHU, 13% are male and 88% are female.
American Sentinel University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate nursing programs. American Sentinel University is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Aurora.
Women make up 25% of the nursing majors at the school.
Rivier University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Rivier is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashua.
About 84% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 16% are male.
With a ranking of #8, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their online graduate certificate. MCPHS University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
Emmanuel College Massachusetts did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Emmanuel Boston is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Elms College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Elms College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Chicopee.
Most Popular Online Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the most popular online nursing schools for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 1,916 |
| Connecticut | 750 |
| Rhode Island | 83 |
| New Hampshire | 366 |
| Maine | 149 |
| Vermont | 25 |
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Majors Related to Nursing
Nursing is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 10 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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