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2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska

6 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 Nebraska. With 414 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 4th out of all the majors we track in the state.

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The Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Nebraska 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.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found University of Nebraska Medical Center to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Nebraska. UNMC is a small public school located in the large city of Omaha.

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#2

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Creighton University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list. Creighton is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

Of the 6 students majoring in nursing at Creighton, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#2

Clarkson College

Omaha, NE

Out of the 6 schools in Nebraska that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarkson College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Clarkson College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Omaha.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list. Nebraska Methodist College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Omaha.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bryan College of Health Sciences. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Nebraska list. Located in the city of Lincoln, Bryan College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Nebraska Wesleyan University is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. NWU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lincoln.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 2,207
Minnesota 5,809
Iowa 462
Kansas 311
North Dakota 100
South Dakota 94

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar 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 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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