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 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Nursing Science Schools in Tennessee ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 16 degrees in nursing science during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The nursing science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nursing Science rankings. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Nursing Science Schools in Tennessee ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
Vanderbilt University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in nursing science. 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 roughly 3 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in nursing science needs to check out The University of Tennessee - Health Science Center. UTHSC is a small public university located in the city of Memphis.
There were approximately 2 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at UTHSC in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in nursing science has to take a look at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. Located in the midsize city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 7 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at UT Knoxville in the most recent year we have data available.
East Tennessee State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in nursing science. Located in the small city of Johnson City, ETSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were approximately 4 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at ETSU 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).
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The nursing science program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nursing Science rankings. 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.
