2026 Best Clinical Nurse Leader Schools in New Jersey
Clinical Nurse Leader programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for clinical nurse leader students pursuing a degree.
What’s on this page:
Best Schools for Clinical Nurse Leader in New Jersey
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the clinical nurse leader degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Clinical Nurse Leader
Rowan University tops our 2026 ranking of the best clinical nurse leader schools. Rowan University is a very large public school located in the suburb of Glassboro. The six-year graduation rate is 67%. About 41 clinical nurse leader degrees were awarded at Rowan University in the most recent year. Students who receive their clinical nurse leader degree from Rowan University earn around $102,156 in the first couple years of their career. Rowan University graduates carry a median of $25,000 in student loans.
Get the full clinical nurse leader details for Rowan University
More Clinical Nurse Leader Rankings
View All Clinical Nurse Leader Rankings >
Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 1 school evaluated.
- 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 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
