2024 Best Registered Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Nebraska

If you pursue a master's degree in registered nursing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #4 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Nebraska to determine which ones were the best for registered nursing students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 74 master's degrees in registered nursing to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to registered nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of registered nursing students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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 registered nursing related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Registered Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Nebraska list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Registered Nursing in Nebraska

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in registered nursing.

Top Nebraska Schools for a Master's in Registered Nursing

1

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

57 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in registered nursing needs to take a look at University of Nebraska Medical Center. Located in the large city of Omaha, UNMC is a public university with a small student population.More information about a master’s in registered nursing from University of Nebraska Medical Center

2

Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln, NE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Nebraska Wesleyan University is a good decision for students pursuing a master's degree in registered nursing. NWU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Lincoln.More information about a master’s in registered nursing from Nebraska Wesleyan University

Best Registered Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Registered Nursing Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	361	415
Minnesota	355	4,286
Kansas	254	35
North Dakota	167	26
South Dakota	130	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Registered Nursing

Registered Nursing is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Registered Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	62
Nursing Administration	52
Nurse Anesthetist	15
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	9
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	2

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.