2024 Best Registered Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington

Registered Nursing is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #25 most popular major in the country. 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 2 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for registered nursing students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 143 doctor's degrees in registered nursing during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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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 registered nursing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other registered nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• 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 registered nursing related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for registered nursing students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Registered Nursing Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Registered Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Registered Nursing in Washington

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in registered nursing.

Top Washington Schools for a Doctorate in Registered Nursing

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

98 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in registered nursing needs to take a look at University of Washington - Seattle Campus. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Washington State University
Pullman, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

45 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in registered nursing has to check out Washington State University. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from Washington State University

Best Registered Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Registered Nursing Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	381	65
Oregon	145	1
Hawaii	65	1

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Registered Nursing Related Rankings by Major

One of 23 majors within the Nursing area of study, Registered Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Registered Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	75
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	43
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	17
Nurse Anesthetist	12
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	11
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	7
Nursing Science	7

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.