Nursing Administration is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #85 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 161 colleges and universities when compiling its 2023 Best Nursing Administration Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 9,838 degrees in nursing administration to qualified students.
Your choice of nursing administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nursing administration schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The nursing administration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Nursing Administration Schools.
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Best Schools for Nursing Administration in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the nursing administration degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Duke University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in nursing administration. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham. A Best Colleges rank of #3 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were roughly 31 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Pennsylvania if you wish to pursue a degree in nursing administration. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #4 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
Johns Hopkins University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in nursing administration. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means Johns Hopkins is a great university overall.
There were roughly 95 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at Johns Hopkins in the most recent data year.
Texas Christian University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in nursing administration. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fort Worth. A Best Colleges rank of #96 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means TCU is a great university overall.
There were about 4 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year.
NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 9 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means U-M is a great university overall.
There were about 19 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at U-M in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were about 8 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Samford is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Birmingham. This university ranks 3rd out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 38 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at Samford in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #141 out of 2,241 colleges nationwide means Creighton is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at Creighton in the most recent year we have data available.
UMN Twin Cities is a very large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #60 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 142 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent data year.
SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Stony Brook. This university ranks 22nd out of 143 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 131 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent data year.
MGH Institute of Health Professions is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
There were approximately 14 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at MGH Institute of Health Professions in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 32 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year.
Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix. This university ranks 4th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 792 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent data year.
Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. This university ranks 4th out of 87 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 9 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Boston, Simmons is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 17th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were roughly 2 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at Simmons in the most recent data year.
UC Davis is a very large public university located in the suburb of Davis. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,241 schools nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were approximately 27 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year.
West Coast University - Orange County is a small private for-profit university located in the large city of Anaheim.
There were approximately 317 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at West Coast University - Orange County in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 7th out of 28 colleges for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 126 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at Sacred Heart in the most recent year we have data available.
UT Arlington is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Arlington. This university ranks 13th out of 116 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 268 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at UT Arlington in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, WGU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 14 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 2757 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at WGU in the most recent data year.
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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).
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Your choice of nursing administration school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nursing administration schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
