2024 Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
300
Colleges in the Southeast Region
26,310
Associate Degrees
Registered Nursing is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #3 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 300 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 26,310 associate degrees in registered nursing during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Registered Nursing School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of registered nursing for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality registered nursing program can vary widely even among the top schools. 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 associate degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. 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.
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 associate 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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for registered nursing students working on their associate degree.
More Ways to Rank Registered Nursing Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Registered Nursing Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.