Ranked #2 in popularity, nursing is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Vermont to determine which ones were the best for nursing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 216 bachelor's degrees in nursing during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Nursing School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The nursing bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality nursing program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
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 ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on nursing students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of nursing students who choose to seek a bachelor'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.
Student Debt - How easy is it for nursing to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for nursing students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Vermont list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Nursing in Vermont
Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for nursing students seeking a a bachelor's degree.
It's hard to beat University of Vermont if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in nursing. UVM is a large public university located in the small city of Burlington.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nursing program make an average of $62,784 in the first couple years of their career.
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in nursing has to look into Castleton University. Located in the distant town of Castleton, Castleton is a public university with a small student population.
Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the nursing program earn an average of $63,804 in the first couple years of their career.
Vermont Technical College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in nursing. Vermont Tech is a small public college located in the remote area of Randolph.
Soon after graduating, nursing bachelor's recipients usually earn an average of $62,413 at the beginning of their careers.
Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in nursing needs to look into Norwich University. Norwich is a small private not-for-profit university located in the distant town of Northfield.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nursing program earn around $64,255 for their early career.
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).