2024 Best School Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in school nursing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #245 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best School Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 153 master's degrees in school nursing to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great School Nursing School for Your Master's Degree

The school nursing master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on school nursing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of school 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 school nursing related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study School Nursing in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in School Nursing

1

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

63 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Vanderbilt University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in school nursing. Located in the large city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in school nursing from Vanderbilt University

2

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

26 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in school nursing has to look into Emory University. Emory is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Atlanta.More information about a master’s in school nursing from Emory University

3

Duke University
Durham, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

47 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in school nursing needs to look into Duke University. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Durham.More information about a master’s in school nursing from Duke University

4

Florida International University
Miami, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Florida International University is a great option for individuals pursuing a master's degree in school nursing. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in school nursing from Florida International University

Best School Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the best school nursing schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	422	11
Georgia	370	26
North Carolina	334	47
Tennessee	313	69
Kentucky	268	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to School Nursing

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

Most Popular Majors Related to School Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	5,122
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	3,007
Nursing Administration	665
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	370
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	328
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	306
Nurse Anesthetist	214
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	206
Nursing Practice	183
Nursing Science	142

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.