2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major
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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Nursing Practice is the 105th most popular major in the country with 7,992 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,122 nursing practice graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major” ranking analyzed 23 colleges that offered a degree in nursing practice. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their nursing practice program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree nursing practice students.
Top 23 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice
Out of the 23 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major that were part of this year’s ranking, MGH Institute of Health Professions landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 175 degrees to qualified bachelors’s nursing practice students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Out of the 23 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 415 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Nursing Practice at Concordia University, Saint Paul
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brenau University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major list. This small school is located in Gainesville, Georgia, and it awarded 144 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Juan Bautista School of Medicine. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major list. San Juan Bautista School of Medicine is a private not-for-profit institution located in Caguas, . The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ashland University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major. Ashland, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s nursing practice degrees to 172 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Ashland University Nursing Practice Report
Bryant & Stratton College - Wauwatosa came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking. Located in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, this small private for-profit school awarded 50 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nursing practice students in 2020-2021.
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Sentara College of Health Sciences came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking. Sentara College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chesapeake, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Sentara College of Health Sciences Nursing Practice Report
Bryant & Stratton College - Parma came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking. Bryant & Stratton College - Parma is a small school located in Parma, Ohio that handed out 17 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
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Vanguard University of Southern California did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking, coming in at #9. Vanguard University of Southern California is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Costa Mesa, California. It awarded 33 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Vanguard University of Southern California Nursing Practice Report
Alaska Pacific University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking. Alaska Pacific University is located in Anchorage, Alaska and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Nursing Practice at Alaska Pacific
William Penn University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking. William Penn University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Oskaloosa, Iowa. It awarded 5 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.
Full William Penn University Nursing Practice Report
Misericordia University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking. Misericordia University is a small school located in Dallas, Pennsylvania that handed out 14 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Nursing Practice at Misericordia University
Columbia College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nursing practice students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Nursing Practice at Columbia College Missouri
Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking. Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach is a small private for-profit school situated in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It awarded 3 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%.
Full Bryant & Stratton College - Virginia Beach Nursing Practice Report
With a ranking of #15, Alfred State College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major list. Alfred State College is a small public school situated in Alfred, New York. It awarded 7 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.
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Christian Brothers University landed the #16 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking. Located in Memphis, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nursing practice students in 2020-2021.
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Bryant & Stratton College - Online ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major list. Bryant & Stratton College - Online is a private for-profit institution located in Orchard Park, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #18, Mount Mary University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major list. Mount Mary is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Nursing Practice at Mount Mary
Eastern University landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking. Located in Saint Davids, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nursing practice students in 2020-2021.
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Ball State University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking. Located in Muncie, Indiana, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nursing practice students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Ball State University Nursing Practice Report
University of Rio Grande did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking, coming in at #20. University of Rio Grande is a small school located in Rio Grande, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Nursing Practice at University of Rio Grande
University of Connecticut ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major list. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s nursing practice degrees to 70 students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Connecticut Nursing Practice Report
Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Practice Major ranking. VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 114 bachelors’s nursing practice degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Nursing Practice at VCU
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References
- 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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