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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky

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Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Kentucky 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named Frontier Nursing University the most popular school in Kentucky for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. 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

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Kentucky University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. NKU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Highland Heights.

About 90% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 10% are male.

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#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY

Out of the 7 schools in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Kentucky University landed the # 3 spot on the list. WKU is a fairly 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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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Eastern Kentucky University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the distant town of Richmond, Eastern is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Kentucky list. UK is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lexington.

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

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#6

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

University of Louisville 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 #6 on the list. UofL is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Louisville.

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#7

Spalding University

Louisville, KY

With a ranking of #7, Spalding University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Spalding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Louisville.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 7 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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