2024 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Schools in the Plains States Region
7Colleges in the Plains States Region
481Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #409 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 481 degrees in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing School
Your choice of psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing 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 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing 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.
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of psychiatric/mental health nursing degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
Any student pursuing a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing needs to check out Creighton University. Creighton is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Omaha. A Best Colleges rank of #105 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Creighton is a great university overall.
There were approximately 4 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Creighton in the most recent year we have data available.
353Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Degrees Awarded
Maryville University of Saint Louis is a great option for students pursuing a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #202 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Maryville U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 353 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Maryville U in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing has to check out University of Iowa. Iowa is a very large public university located in the small city of Iowa City. A Best Colleges rank of #84 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 8 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing has to check out Mount Marty University. Mount Marty is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Yankton. This university ranks 2nd out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of South Dakota.
There were approximately 9 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Mount Marty in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Waterloo, Allen College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 22 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Allen College in the most recent year we have data available.
Briar Cliff is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Sioux City. This university ranks 25th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 7 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Briar Cliff in the most recent year we have data available.
Clarke is a fairly small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Dubuque. This university ranks 24th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 4 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Clarke in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Springfield, Cox College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were about 5 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Cox College in the most recent year we have data available.
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 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing 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 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
