2024 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Indiana

If you plan on getting your master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #156 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 70 master's degrees in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing School for Your Master's Degree

The psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality psychiatric/mental health nursing program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The psychiatric/mental health nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Indiana.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in Indiana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing.

Top Indiana Schools for a Master's in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

1

Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis if you want to pursue a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

2

Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global
Marion, IN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global if you wish to pursue a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Located in the rural area of Marion, IWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global

3

University of Southern Indiana
Evansville, IN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Southern Indiana if you wish to pursue a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Located in the suburb of Evansville, USI is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from University of Southern Indiana

Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	494	19
Michigan	476	12
Wisconsin	317	22

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Rankings in Majors Related to Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	875
Registered Nursing	208
Nursing Administration	135
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	104
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	24
School Nursing	12
Nursing Science	10
Clinical Nurse Specialist	8
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	6

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.