2026 Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools in the Southeast Region
Clinical Nurse Specialist is a field worth a close look when choosing where to study. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 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 the Southeast 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 Jacksonville University, our #1 school for clinical nurse specialist. This moderately-sized private not-for-profit university is located in the city of Jacksonville. About 51% of students finish within six years. There were roughly 18 clinical nurse specialist students who graduated with this degree at Jacksonville University in the most recent data year. Graduates of the clinical nurse specialist program make about $97,066 in their early career. Typical student debt for the program is $28,000.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled 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.
