2024 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #156 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 10 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 206 master's degrees in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

Your choice of psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing for getting your master's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Schools

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 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

 

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

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing.

10 Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

1

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

52 Annual Graduates

Vanderbilt University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt University

2

Duke University
Durham, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing needs to take a look at Duke University. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Duke University

3

Frontier Nursing University
Versailles, KY

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

77 Annual Graduates

Frontier Nursing University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Frontier Nursing University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Versailles.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Frontier Nursing University

4

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

University of South Carolina - Columbia is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a master's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from University of South Carolina - Columbia

5

Samford University
Birmingham, AL

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Samford is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Birmingham.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Samford University

6

Florida International University
Miami, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Florida International University

7

Union University
Jackson, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

5 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Jackson, Union is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Union University

8

Anderson University South Carolina
Anderson, SC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University South Carolina is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Anderson University South Carolina

8

Southern Adventist University
Collegedale, TN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Collegedale, Southern Adventist is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Southern Adventist University

9

Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

JU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Jacksonville.More information about a master’s in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Jacksonville University

Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the best psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	422	29
North Carolina	334	8
Virginia	331	0
Tennessee	313	64
Kentucky	268	77
South Carolina	260	26
West Virginia	164	2

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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Related Rankings by Major

One of 23 majors within the Nursing area of study, Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	5,122
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	3,007
Nursing Administration	665
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	370
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	328
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	306
Nurse Anesthetist	214
Nursing Practice	183
School Nursing	153
Nursing Science	142

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.