2026 Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools in the Far Western Region
Clinical Nurse Specialist programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
College Factual analyzed 4 schools to build this 2026 ranking of the best clinical nurse specialist schools.
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Best Schools for Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Far Western Region
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 specialist degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Clinical Nurse Specialist
Leading the list is University Of San Francisco, our #1 school for clinical nurse specialist. Set in the city of San Francisco, University Of San Francisco is a large private not-for-profit institution. The six-year graduation rate is 70%. University Of San Francisco awarded about 140 clinical nurse specialist degrees in the most recent data year. Students who receive their clinical nurse specialist degree from University Of San Francisco earn around $127,760 in the first couple years of their career. University Of San Francisco graduates carry a median of $27,000 in student loans.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced 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 · 4 schools 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.
