2026 Best Critical Care Nursing Schools in Tennessee
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.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 4 schools to find the best for critical care nursing students.
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Best Schools for Critical Care Nursing in Tennessee
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest overall critical care nursing education in Tennessee.
Top Schools in Critical Care Nursing
Our analysis ranked Vanderbilt University the best school in the country for a degree in critical care nursing. Vanderbilt University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville. Vanderbilt University graduates 94% of students within six years. There were roughly 53 critical care nursing students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt University in the most recent data year. Graduates of the critical care nursing program make about $125,565 in their early career. Vanderbilt University graduates carry a median of $13,975 in student loans.
Read more about the critical care nursing program at Vanderbilt University
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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.
