2024 Best Nursing Practice Schools in the Southeast Region
83Colleges in the Southeast Region
2,407Nursing Practice Degrees Awarded
Nursing Practice is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #105 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 83 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for nursing practice students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,407 degrees in nursing practice during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The nursing practice program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nursing Practice rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nursing practice schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Nursing Practice Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Best Schools for Nursing Practice in the Southeast Region
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 practice 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.
12 Top Southeast Region Schools in Nursing Practice
Vanderbilt University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in nursing practice. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were about 46 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Duke University if you wish to pursue a degree in nursing practice. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were about 51 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available.
Emory University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in nursing practice. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were about 40 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.
The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in nursing practice. UTHSC is a small public university located in the city of Memphis.
There were approximately 68 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at UTHSC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Birmingham, Samford is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 4th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 25 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Samford in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.
There were roughly 43 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent data year.
University of Virginia is a very large public university located in the small suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 16 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were about 86 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year.
UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the small city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 19 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available.
LSU Health - New Orleans is a small public university located in the large city of New Orleans.
There were about 69 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at LSU Health - New Orleans in the most recent year we have data available.
FIU is a very large public university located in the suburb of Miami. This university ranks 6th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 80 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at FIU in the most recent year we have data available.
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These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Nursing Practice Schools in the Southeast Region award.
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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The nursing practice program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nursing Practice rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nursing practice schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
