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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

4 Colleges
$99,011 Avg Salary
$21,624 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 2,017 degrees and certificates from a Kentucky school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Kentucky 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.

Check out the online nursing graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Kentucky.

Our analysis found Frontier Nursing University to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in Kentucky. Located in the rural area of Hyden, Frontier Nursing University is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 125 students majoring in nursing at Frontier Nursing University, 4% are male and 96% are female.

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#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Western Kentucky University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Kentucky. WKU is a large public school located in the small city of Bowling Green.

Of the 26 students majoring in nursing at WKU, 4% are male and 96% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. Located in the town of Richmond, Eastern is a public college with a large student population.

About 64% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 36% are male.

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#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

Of the 13 students majoring in nursing at UK, 31% are male and 69% are female.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,110
Florida 3,074
Georgia 1,685
North Carolina 1,399
Tennessee 1,589
Louisiana 520
Alabama 2,641
South Carolina 468
Mississippi 262
Arkansas 299
West Virginia 184

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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 4 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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