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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 66,964 nursing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.

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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for nursing majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Rocky Mountains Region . RMUoHP is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.

About 86% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 14% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. UCCS is a large public school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

Full Nursing at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Report

#3

Regis University

Denver, CO

Out of the 10 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regis University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in nursing at Regis U, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Colorado State University - Pueblo helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Colorado State University - Pueblo is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Pueblo.

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#5

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, Montana State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#7

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

Idaho State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Pocatello, ISU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Colorado Springs.

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Boise State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Boise State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boise.

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#7

Westminster College Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Westminster College Utah ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Westminster College Salt Lake is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City.

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Best Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the best nursing schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,462
Utah 3,534
Idaho 85
Montana 42
Wyoming 19

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

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