2026 Best Critical Care Nursing Schools in the Southwest Region
Critical Care Nursing programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. While the number of schools offering the program varies, there are still top-quality ones to be found.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 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 the Southwest 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 critical care nursing degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Critical Care Nursing
Leading the list is Grand Canyon University, our #1 school for critical care nursing. This very large private for-profit university is located in the city of Phoenix. The six-year graduation rate is 44%. About 86 critical care nursing degrees were awarded at Grand Canyon University in the most recent year. Graduates of the critical care nursing program make about $115,226 in their early career. 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. Schools are scored on a blend of student outcomes (graduation rate, post-graduation earnings), affordability, and program focus, 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.
