2024 Best Nurse Anesthetist Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

a master's degree in nurse anesthetist is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #164 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nurse Anesthetist Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 105 master's degrees in nurse anesthetist during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Nurse Anesthetist School for Your Master's Degree

The nurse anesthetist master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality nurse anesthetist program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on nurse anesthetist students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nurse anesthetist students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nurse anesthetist related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for nurse anesthetist students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Nurse Anesthetist Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Nurse Anesthetist in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in nurse anesthetist.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Nurse Anesthetist

1

Clarkson College
Omaha, NE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in nurse anesthetist needs to take a look at Clarkson College. Located in the city of Omaha, Clarkson College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a master’s in nurse anesthetist from Clarkson College

2

Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, MN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

63 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Saint Mary's University of Minnesota if you want to pursue a master's degree in nurse anesthetist. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in nurse anesthetist from Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

3

Newman University
Wichita, KS

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in nurse anesthetist needs to check out Newman University. Located in the city of Wichita, Newman University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in nurse anesthetist from Newman University

4

Metropolitan State University
Saint Paul, MN

It is difficult to beat Metropolitan State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in nurse anesthetist. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Metro State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in nurse anesthetist from Metropolitan State University

Best Nurse Anesthetist Colleges by State

Explore the best nurse anesthetist schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	361	8
Minnesota	355	63
Iowa	298	0
Kansas	254	19
Nebraska	211	15
South Dakota	130	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nurse Anesthetist

One of 23 majors within the Nursing area of study, Nurse Anesthetist has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Nurse Anesthetist

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	4,845
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	862
Nursing Administration	615
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	174
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	156
Critical Care Nursing	122
Clinical Nurse Leader	101
School Nursing	77
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	74
Nursing Science	63

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.