2024 Best Registered Nursing Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota

If you pursue a master's degree in registered nursing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #4 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in North Dakota to determine which ones were the best for registered nursing students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 26 master's degrees in registered nursing during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to registered nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of registered nursing students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized registered nursing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for registered nursing students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Registered Nursing Master's Degree Schools in North Dakota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Registered Nursing in North Dakota

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in registered nursing.

Top North Dakota Schools for a Master's in Registered Nursing

1

University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, ND

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

University of North Dakota is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in registered nursing. UND is a large public university located in the small city of Grand Forks.More information about a master’s in registered nursing from University of North Dakota

2

Mayville State University
Mayville, ND

Mayville State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in registered nursing. Located in the rural area of Mayville, Mayville State University is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in registered nursing from Mayville State University

Best Registered Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Registered Nursing Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	361	415
Minnesota	355	4,286
Kansas	254	35
Nebraska	211	74
South Dakota	130	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Registered Nursing

Registered Nursing is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Registered Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Administration	23
Nursing Practice	11

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.