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Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi

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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi

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

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Mississippi. With 262 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Mississippi to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern Mississippi the most popular school in Mississippi for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 18 students majoring in nursing at Southern Miss, 17% are male and 83% are female.

On average, nursing graduates from Southern Miss take out $19,246 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

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#1

University of Mississippi

University, MS

Our 2023 rankings named University of Mississippi the most popular school in Mississippi for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of University, Ole Miss is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 89% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#3

Delta State University

Cleveland, MS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delta State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list. Delta State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Cleveland.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Mississippi University for Women is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. MUW is a small public school located in the town of Columbus.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Schools 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
Kentucky 2,017
Louisiana 520
Alabama 2,641
South Carolina 468
Arkansas 299
West Virginia 184

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 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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