2026 Best Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery Schools in the The Plains States Region
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery degree programs prepare students for a range of careers in the field. A focused field like this rewards careful comparison of the schools that offer it.
For its 2026 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for nurse midwife/nursing midwifery students pursuing a degree.
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Best Schools for Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery in the The Plains States 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 nurse midwife/nursing midwifery degrees they offer, see the list below.
Top Schools in Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
Bethel University Minnesota tops our 2026 ranking of the best nurse midwife/nursing midwifery schools. Located in the suburb of Saint Paul, Bethel University Minnesota is a mid-sized private not-for-profit university. Bethel University Minnesota graduates 71% of students within six years. There were roughly 19 nurse midwife/nursing midwifery students who graduated with this degree at Bethel University Minnesota in the most recent data year. Students who receive their nurse midwife/nursing midwifery degree from Bethel University Minnesota earn around $80,805 in the first couple years of their career. Typical student debt for the program is $27,000.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published 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 · 3 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.
