If you pursue a degree in registered nursing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #3 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 82 schools in Ohio to determine which ones were the best for registered nursing students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 12,194 degrees in registered nursing during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of registered 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 registered 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.
The registered nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Registered Nursing Schools in Ohio.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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The schools below may not offer all types of registered nursing degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Case Western Reserve University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in registered nursing. Case Western is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Cleveland. A Best Colleges rank of #63 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Case Western is a great university overall.
There were about 127 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Ohio University - Athens Campus if you want to pursue a degree in registered nursing. OHIO Athens is a very large public university located in the town of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means OHIO Athens is a great university overall.
There were about 2103 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at OHIO Athens in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Ohio State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in registered nursing. Ohio State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Columbus. A Best Colleges rank of #69 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Ohio State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 642 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at Ohio State in the most recent data year.
University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great decision for students interested in a degree in registered nursing. UC is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #166 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 419 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Columbus, Mount Carmel College of Nursing is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 380 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at Mount Carmel College of Nursing in the most recent year we have data available.
Xavier is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #316 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Xavier is a great university overall.
There were approximately 386 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at Xavier in the most recent data year.
Kent State is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Kent. A Best Colleges rank of #388 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Kent State is a great university overall.
There were about 682 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #470 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Toledo is a great university overall.
There were about 300 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at University of Toledo in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Cedarville, Cedarville is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #697 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Cedarville is a great university overall.
There were about 123 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at Cedarville in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Westerville, Otterbein is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #669 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Otterbein is a great university overall.
There were approximately 59 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at Otterbein in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Cincinnati, Cincinnati State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #442 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Cincinnati State is a great college overall.
There were approximately 59 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at Cincinnati State in the most recent data year.
Ursuline College is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Pepper Pike. This college ranks 28th out of 96 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 119 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at Ursuline College in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Registered Nursing Schools in Ohio award.
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 registered 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 registered nursing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
