2024 Best Critical Care Nursing Schools in the Southeast Region
4Colleges in the Southeast Region
140Critical Care Nursing Degrees Awarded
Critical Care Nursing is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #529 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of critical care nursing. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 140 degrees in critical care nursing during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of critical care nursing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Critical Care Nursing School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Critical Care Nursing Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Critical Care Nursing in the Southeast Region
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the critical care nursing degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Southeast Region Schools in Critical Care Nursing
Vanderbilt University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in critical care nursing. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were roughly 42 critical care nursing students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you want to pursue a degree in critical care nursing. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #152 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UofSC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 42 critical care nursing students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Southern Adventist University if you want to pursue a degree in critical care nursing. Located in the large suburb of Collegedale, Southern Adventist is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 5th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 10 critical care nursing students who graduated with this degree at Southern Adventist in the most recent data year.
Barry University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in critical care nursing. Located in the large suburb of Miami, Barry University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 21st out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were roughly 34 critical care nursing students who graduated with this degree at Barry University in the most recent data year.
At Southern New Hampshire University, we understand the demands placed on today's nursing professionals. When it comes to your education, consider saving money and time by electing the RN to MSN pathway. Eligible students will complete graduate courses within their undergraduate program. This pathway allows you to gain a BSN along the way and ultimately shorten your time within the MSN Nursing Education or Population Healthcare tracks.
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).
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Your choice of critical care nursing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Critical Care Nursing School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
