Nursing Science is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #162 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 8 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Science Schools in Texas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 47 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. We derive our Best Overall Nursing Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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.
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 Science Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of nursing science degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in nursing science. Located in the large city of Houston, UTHealth is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
There were roughly 1 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at UTHealth in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Texas Christian University if you wish to pursue a degree in nursing science. TCU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Fort Worth. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means TCU is a great university overall.
There were about 1 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat The University of Texas Medical Branch if you wish to pursue a degree in nursing science. UTMB Galveston is a small public university located in the fringe town of Galveston.
There were about 7 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at UTMB Galveston in the most recent data year.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in nursing science. Located in the city of San Antonio, UT Health San Antonio is a public university with a small student population.
There were roughly 5 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at UT Health San Antonio in the most recent data year.
UT Austin is a very large public university located in the large city of Austin. A Best Colleges rank of #36 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Austin is a great university overall.
There were about 6 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent data year.
UT Arlington is a fairly large public university located in the city of Arlington. A Best Colleges rank of #290 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UT Arlington is a great university overall.
There were roughly 4 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at UT Arlington in the most recent year we have data available.
TWU is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Denton. This university ranks 28th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 13 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at TWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Tyler, UT Tyler is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 47th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 8 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at UT Tyler in the most recent data year.
Located in the remote town of Stephenville, Tarleton is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 59th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 2 nursing science students who graduated with this degree at Tarleton 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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Your choice of nursing science school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Nursing Science School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
