Best Graduate Nursing Schools: Master's in US 2017

Ranked in 2016 by US News

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More US Graduate School Rankings

* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Rank School name Total master's enrollment Tuition (full-time) (master's) Overall Score
#1

Johns Hopkins University

(Baltimore, MD)

 410 $36,216 per year 100
#2

University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA)

 561 $38,060 per year 97
#3

University of California—​San Francisco

(San Francisco, CA)

 400 $26,803 per year (in-state)
$39,048 per year (out-of-state)
 91
#4

Duke University

(Durham, NC)

 474 $1,568 per credit 90
#4

University of Washington

(Seattle, WA)

 61 $21,370 per year (in-state)
$31,542 per year (out-of-state)
 90
#6

New York University

(New York, NY)

 600 $40,024 per year 89
#7

University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI)

 327 $20,550 per year (in-state)
$42,282 per year (out-of-state)
 88
#8

Case Western Reserve University

(Cleveland, OH)

 287 $1,891 per credit 87
#8

Columbia University

(New York, NY)

 478 $1,408 per credit 87
#8

Emory University

(Atlanta, GA)

 228 $1,750 per credit 87
#8

University of Maryland—​Baltimore

(Baltimore, MD)

 561 $682 per credit (in-state)
$1,251 per credit (out-of-state)
 87
#12

University of California—​Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA)

 316 $21,249 per year (in-state)
$33,494 per year (out-of-state)
 85
#13

University of Pittsburgh

(Pittsburgh, PA)

 178 $37,392 per year (in-state)
$43,290 per year (out-of-state)
 83
#13

Vanderbilt University

(Nashville, TN)

 611 $1,219 per credit 83
#15

University of Alabama—​Birmingham

(Birmingham, AL)

 1,356 $493 per credit (in-state)
$493 per credit (out-of-state)
 82
#16

Rush University

(Chicago, IL)

 337 $947 per credit 81
#17

University of Texas—​Austin

(Austin, TX)

 246 $11,572 per year (in-state)
$21,155 per year (out-of-state)
 79
#18

University of Virginia

(Charlottesville, VA)

 265 $14,856 per year (in-state)
$24,288 per year (out-of-state)
 77
#19

Rutgers University—​Newark

(Newark, NJ)

 316 $775 per credit (in-state)
$1,124 per credit (out-of-state)
 76
#19

Yale University

(New Haven, CT)

 265 $36,828 per year 76
#21

Ohio State University

(Columbus, OH)

 627 $723 per credit (in-state)
$1,940 per credit (out-of-state)
 75
#21

University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill

(Chapel Hill, NC)

 218 $14,143 per year (in-state)
$31,354 per year (out-of-state)
 75
#23

Indiana University-​Purdue University—​Indianapolis

(Indianapolis, IN)

 296 $503 per credit (in-state)
$1,435 per credit (out-of-state)
 74
#23

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

(Aurora, CO)

 409 $585 per credit (in-state)
$585 per credit (out-of-state)
 74
#23

University of Illinois—​Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

 488 $20,120 per year (in-state)
$32,360 per year (out-of-state)
 74
#23

University of Iowa

(Iowa City, IA)

 14 $14,978 per year (in-state)
$31,608 per year (out-of-state)
 74
#23

University of Texas Health Science Center—​Houston

(Houston, TX)

 423 $244 per credit (in-state)
$946 per credit (out-of-state)
 74
#28

Georgetown University

(Washington, DC)

 886 $1,863 per credit 73
#28

University of Cincinnati

(Cincinnati, OH)

 1,477 $14,468 per year (in-state)
$26,210 per year (out-of-state)
 73
#30

Arizona State University

(Phoenix, AZ)

 28 $10,610 per year (in-state)
$20,322 per year (out-of-state)
 72
#30

Oregon Health and Science University

(Portland, OR)

 190 $572 per credit (in-state)
$740 per credit (out-of-state)
 72
#30

University of Arizona

(Tucson, AZ)

 460 $800 per credit (in-state)
$800 per credit (out-of-state)
 72
#33

Boston College

(Chestnut Hill, MA)

 234 $1,248 per credit 71
#34

George Washington University

(Washington, DC)

 403 $1,030 per credit 70
#34

Medical University of South Carolina

(Charleston, SC)

 26 $24,348 per year (in-state)
$28,659 per year (out-of-state)
 70
#34

University of San Diego

(San Diego, CA)

 193 $1,390 per credit 70
#34

University of Utah

(Salt Lake City, UT)

 45 $13,805 per year (in-state)
$34,479 per year (out-of-state)
 70
#38

University of Rochester

(Rochester, NY)

 202 $24,192 per year 67
#39

University of Missouri—​Kansas City

(Kansas City, MO)

 114 $400 per credit (in-state)
$400 per credit (out-of-state)
 66
#40

Loyola University Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

 344 $1,060 per credit 65
#40

Pennsylvania State University—​University Park

(University Park, PA)

 152 $16,905 per year (in-state)
$29,001 per year (out-of-state)
 65
#40

University of Miami

(Coral Gables, FL)

 169 $40,700 per year 65
#40

University of South Florida

(Tampa, FL)

 719 $348 per credit (in-state)
$772 per credit (out-of-state)
 65
#40

University of Tennessee—​Knoxville

(Knoxville, TN)

 124 $634 per credit (in-state)
$1,660 per credit (out-of-state)
 65
#40

Washington State University

(Spokane, WA)

 39 $17,756 per year (in-state)
$32,814 per year (out-of-state)
 65
#46

Florida Atlantic University (Lynn)

(Boca Raton, FL)

 389 $304 per credit (in-state)
$928 per credit (out-of-state)
 64
#46

University of Nebraska Medical Center

(Omaha, NE)

 272 $447 per credit (in-state)
$933 per credit (out-of-state)
 64
#48

Frontier Nursing University

(Hyden, KY)

 1,414 $535 per credit 63
#48

University of Kansas

(Kansas City, KS)

 95 $615 per credit (in-state)
$615 per credit (out-of-state)
 63
#48

University of Massachusetts—​Amherst

(Amherst, MA)

 35 $750 per credit (in-state)
$750 per credit (out-of-state)
 63
#48

University of Missouri

(Columbia, MO)

 40 $422 per credit (in-state)
$422 per credit (out-of-state)
 63
#52

California State University—​Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA)

 193 $7,610 per year (in-state)
$16,538 per year (out-of-state)
 62
#52

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

(Bethesda, MD)

 1 $0 per year (in-state)
$0 per year (out-of-state)
 62
#52

University of Alabama

(Tuscaloosa, AL)

 128 $360 per credit (in-state)
$360 per credit (out-of-state)
 62
#52

University of Connecticut

(Storrs, CT)

 111 $13,026 per year (in-state)
$33,812 per year (out-of-state)
 62
#52

University of Massachusetts—​Boston

(Boston, MA)

 142 $16,115 per year (in-state)
$31,115 per year (out-of-state)
 62
#52

University of Massachusetts—​Worcester

(Worcester, MA)

 102 $500 per credit (in-state)
$750 per credit (out-of-state)
 62
#58

Baylor University

(Dallas, TX)

 20 $1,515 per credit 61
#58

Florida International University

(Miami, FL)

 261 $628 per credit (in-state)
$1,133 per credit (out-of-state)
 61
#58

Marquette University

(Milwaukee, WI)

 301 $1,050 per credit 61
#58

Michigan State University

(East Lansing, MI)

 176 $672 per credit (in-state)
$1,320 per credit (out-of-state)
 61
#58

Purdue University—​West Lafayette

(West Lafayette, IN)

 53 $10,002 per year (in-state)
$28,804 per year (out-of-state)
 61
#58

Texas Woman's University

(Denton, TX)

 850 $298 per credit (in-state)
$688 per credit (out-of-state)
 61
#58

University of California—​Davis

(Sacramento, CA)

 65 $21,249 per year (in-state)
$33,494 per year (out-of-state)
 61
#58

University of South Carolina

(Columbia, SC)

 220 $714 per credit (in-state)
$1,304 per credit (out-of-state)
 61
#58

Villanova University

(Villanova, PA)

 250 $837 per credit 61
#58

Virginia Commonwealth University

(Richmond, VA)

 222 $12,397 per year (in-state)
$25,492 per year (out-of-state)
 61
#68

CUNY—​Hunter College

(New York, NY)

 495 $10,437 per year (in-state)
$19,026 per year (out-of-state)
 59
#68

Northeastern University

(Boston, MA)

 331 $1,335 per credit 59
#70

South Dakota State University

(Brookings, SD)

 70 $313 per credit (in-state)
$582 per credit (out-of-state)
 58
#70

St. John Fisher College

(Rochester, NY)

 136 $860 per credit 58
#70

Thomas Jefferson University

(Philadelphia, PA)

 430 $1,075 per credit 58
#70

University of Texas Medical Branch—​Galveston

(Galveston, TX)

 491 $285 per credit (in-state)
$675 per credit (out-of-state)
 58
#70

Wayne State University

(Detroit, MI)

 141 $805 per credit (in-state)
$1,463 per credit (out-of-state)
 58
#75

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

(Lubbock, TX)

 505 $2,133 per year (in-state)
$5,643 per year (out-of-state)
 57
#75

University at Buffalo—​SUNY

(Buffalo, NY)

 8 $10,870 per year (in-state)
$22,210 per year (out-of-state)
 57
#75

University of Texas—​Arlington

(Arlington, TX)

 1,914 $8,553 per year (in-state)
$16,307 per year (out-of-state)
 57
#78

The Catholic University of America

(Washington, DC)

 121 $41,400 per year 56
#78

Mercer University

(Atlanta, GA)

 88 $29,784 per year 56
#78

St. Louis University

(St. Louis, MO)

 337 $1,050 per credit 56
#78

University of Colorado—​Colorado Springs

(Colorado Springs, CO)

 162 $11,734 per year (in-state)
$20,068 per year (out-of-state)
 56
#78

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

(Oklahoma City, OK)

 201 $259 per credit (in-state)
$835 per credit (out-of-state)
 56
#78

University of Wisconsin—​Milwaukee

(Milwaukee, WI)

 107 $11,724 per year (in-state)
$24,761 per year (out-of-state)
 56
#84

George Mason University

(Fairfax, VA)

 116 $505 per credit (in-state)
$1,260 per credit (out-of-state)
 55
#85

Duquesne University

(Pittsburgh, PA)

 178 $1,218 per credit 54
#85

Samford University

(Birmingham, AL)

 276 $785 per credit 54
#85

University of Detroit Mercy

(Detroit, MI)

 204 $925 per credit 54
#88

Auburn University

(Auburn University, AL)

 120 $8,802 per year (in-state)
$26,406 per year (out-of-state)
 53
#88

East Carolina University

(Greenville, NC)

 367 $342 per credit (in-state)
$960 per credit (out-of-state)
 53
#88

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

(Brooklyn, NY)

 210 $10,870 per year (in-state)
$22,210 per year (out-of-state)
 53
#88

University of Louisville

(Louisville, KY)

 112 $11,664 per year (in-state)
$24,274 per year (out-of-state)
 53
#88

University of Michigan—​Flint

(Flint, MI)

 13 $9,554 per year (in-state)
$14,319 per year (out-of-state)
 53
#88

University of Texas Health Science Center—​San Antonio

(San Antonio, TX)

 196 $6,379 per year (in-state)
$17,659 per year (out-of-state)
 53
#88

Xavier University

(Cincinnati, OH)

 227 N/A 53
#95

Augusta University

(Augusta, GA)

 327 $574 per credit (in-state)
$1,198 per credit (out-of-state)
 52
#95

Stony Brook University—​SUNY

(Stony Brook, NY)

 798 $10,870 per year (in-state)
$22,210 per year (out-of-state)
 52
#95

University of Alabama—​Huntsville

(Huntsville, AL)

 247 $675 per credit (in-state)
$1,500 per credit (out-of-state)
 52
#98

West Virginia University

(Morgantown, WV)

 120 $9,054 per year (in-state)
$21,996 per year (out-of-state)
 50
#99

Brigham Young University

(Provo, UT)

 30 $764 per credit 49
#99

Seattle University

(Seattle, WA)

 190 $690 per credit 49

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