2026 Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools in New York
Clinical Nurse Specialist degree programs prepare students for a range of careers in the field. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for clinical nurse specialist students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Clinical Nurse Specialist in New York
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall clinical nurse specialist education in New York.
Top Schools in Clinical Nurse Specialist
No school ranked higher than New York University this year for clinical nurse specialist. This very large private not-for-profit university is located in the city of New York. The six-year graduation rate is 88%. There were roughly 10 clinical nurse specialist students who graduated with this degree at New York University in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, clinical nurse specialist degree recipients from New York University generally make around $138,833. Students borrow a median of $25,500 to complete this degree.
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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 · 7 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.
