2024 Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Clinical Nurse Specialist is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #277 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for clinical nurse specialist students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 17 master's degrees in clinical nurse specialist to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Clinical Nurse Specialist School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of clinical nurse specialist for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality clinical nurse specialist program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on clinical nurse specialist students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of clinical nurse specialist 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 clinical nurse specialist related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for clinical nurse specialist students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Master's in Clinical Nurse Specialist

1

New York University
New York, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat New York University if you want to pursue a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York.More information about a master’s in clinical nurse specialist from New York University

2

DeSales University
Center Valley, PA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

DeSales University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist. DeSales is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Center Valley.More information about a master’s in clinical nurse specialist from DeSales University

3

St. John Fisher College
Rochester, NY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist has to check out St. John Fisher College. Fisher is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Rochester.More information about a master’s in clinical nurse specialist from St. John Fisher College

Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Colleges by State

Explore the best clinical nurse specialist colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	695	14
Pennsylvania	607	3

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Clinical Nurse Specialist Related Rankings by Major

One of 23 majors within the Nursing area of study, Clinical Nurse Specialist has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	2,220
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	1,529
Nursing Administration	422
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	381
Nursing Science	327
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	266
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing	219
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	154
School Nursing	145
Nurse Anesthetist	143

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.