2024 Best Nursing Science Schools in North Carolina
3Colleges in North Carolina
69Nursing Science Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in nursing science, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #162 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Nursing Science Schools in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 69 degrees in nursing science to qualified students.
Your choice of nursing science 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 science 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Nursing Science Schools in North Carolina list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Nursing Science in North Carolina
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 science degree levels they offer.
Duke University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in nursing science. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were about 11 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student pursuing a degree in nursing science has to look into University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Located in the small city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available.
East Carolina University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in nursing science. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 8 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at ECU in the most recent data year.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in nursing science. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 12th out of 93 schools for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were approximately 41 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at UNC Greensboro in the most recent data year.
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).