2026 Best Critical Care Nursing Schools in Florida
Critical Care Nursing 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 2 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for critical care nursing students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Critical Care Nursing in Florida
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 critical care nursing degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Critical Care Nursing
Leading the list is Barry University, our #1 school for critical care nursing. Set in the suburb of Miami, Barry University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit institution. The six-year graduation rate is 37%. There were roughly 20 critical care nursing students who graduated with this degree at Barry University in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, critical care nursing degree recipients from Barry University generally make around $115,809. Typical student debt for the program is $31,000.
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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 · 2 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.
