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2024 Best Nursing Practice Schools in Arizona

3 Colleges in Arizona
554 Nursing 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 3 schools in Arizona 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 554 degrees in nursing practice during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Nursing Practice School

Best Nursing Practice Schools in Arizona Your choice of nursing practice 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 practice 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.

Nursing Practice Rankings by Degree Level

Doctor's Degrees in Nursing Practice

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 Arizona 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 Arizona

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.

Top Arizona Schools in Nursing Practice

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In AZ
94 Nursing Practice Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in nursing practice has to check out University of Arizona. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Tucson. This university ranks 3rd out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.

There were about 94 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in nursing practice from University of Arizona

2
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In AZ
368 Nursing Practice Degrees Awarded

Grand Canyon University is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in nursing practice. 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 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.

There were about 368 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in nursing practice from Grand Canyon University

3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In AZ
88 Nursing Practice Degrees Awarded

Arizona State University - Tempe is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in nursing practice. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.

There were roughly 88 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in nursing practice from Arizona State University - Tempe

Best Nursing Practice Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Practice Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Texas 905 242
Oklahoma 565 43
New Mexico 416 32

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Nursing Practice is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Nursing Practice

Related Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 10,535
Nursing Administration 1,113
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 402
Critical Care Nursing 200
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 140
Nurse Anesthetist 52
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 14
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 6
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 6
Nursing Science 3

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