Best Graduate Nursing Schools (Master's Program) in US 2018
Ranked in 2017 by US News
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* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
| Rank | School name | Tuition (full-time) (master's) | Total master's enrollment | Overall Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Duke University (Durham, NC) | $1,639 per credit | 486 | 100 |
| #2 | Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) | $37,056 per year | 647 | 98 |
| #3 | University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) | $39,552 per year | 614 | 93 |
| #4 | Emory University (Atlanta, GA) | $1,817 per credit | 314 | 91 |
| #5 | Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) | $723 per credit (in-state) $1,940 per credit (out-of-state) | 686 | 89 |
| #6 | University of Washington (Seattle, WA) | $25,575 per year (in-state) $39,048 per year (out-of-state) | 69 | 88 |
| #6 | Yale University (New Haven, CT) | $37,932 per year | 297 | 88 |
| #8 | Columbia University (New York, NY) | $1,450 per credit | 654 | 87 |
| #8 | University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) | $850 per credit (in-state) $988 per credit (out-of-state) | 183 | 87 |
| #10 | University of Maryland—Baltimore (Baltimore, MD) | $724 per credit (in-state) $1,324 per credit (out-of-state) | 503 | 86 |
| #11 | Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) | $1,952 per credit | 301 | 85 |
| #11 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor (Ann Arbor, MI) | $21,390 per year (in-state) $43,982 per year (out-of-state) | 313 | 85 |
| #13 | New York University (Meyers) (New York, NY) | $41,576 per year | 593 | 84 |
| #13 | University of Alabama—Birmingham (Birmingham, AL) | $510 per credit (in-state) $510 per credit (out-of-state) | 1,452 | 84 |
| #15 | University of California—Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) | $21,750 per year (in-state) $33,995 per year (out-of-state) | 352 | 83 |
| #15 | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) | $1,359 per credit | 633 | 83 |
| #17 | University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC) | $14,929 per year (in-state) $32,154 per year (out-of-state) | 234 | 82 |
| #18 | Rush University (Chicago, IL) | $995 per credit | 329 | 81 |
| #19 | University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA) | $15,450 per year (in-state) $25,242 per year (out-of-state) | 234 | 80 |
| #20 | Pennsylvania State University—University Park (University Park, PA) | $16,640 per year (in-state) $28,560 per year (out-of-state) | 151 | 78 |
| #20 | Rutgers University—Newark (Newark, NJ) | $806 per credit (in-state) $1,169 per credit (out-of-state) | 168 | 78 |
| #20 | University of Illinois—Chicago (Chicago, IL) | $20,120 per year (in-state) $32,360 per year (out-of-state) | 376 | 78 |
| #23 | University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA) | N/A | 16 | 76 |
| #23 | University of Texas—Austin (Austin, TX) | $11,919 per year (in-state) $21,749 per year (out-of-state) | 231 | 76 |
| #23 | University of Texas Health Science Center—Houston (Houston, TX) | $256 per credit (in-state) $1,010 per credit (out-of-state) | 615 | 76 |
| #26 | Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, SC) | $24,348 per year (in-state) $28,659 per year (out-of-state) | 26 | 75 |
| #26 | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Aurora, CO) | $610 per credit (in-state) $1,020 per credit (out-of-state) | 615 | 75 |
| #28 | Georgetown University (Washington, DC) | $1,928 per credit | 817 | 74 |
| #28 | Indiana University-Purdue University—Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN) | $519 per credit (in-state) $1,499 per credit (out-of-state) | 259 | 74 |
| #28 | University of San Diego (San Diego, CA) | $1,425 per credit | 202 | 74 |
| #31 | Arizona State University (Phoenix, AZ) | $12,580 per year (in-state) $22,632 per year (out-of-state) | 25 | 72 |
| #31 | Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA) | $1,298 per credit | 234 | 72 |
| #31 | The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC) | $42,850 per year | 117 | 72 |
| #31 | George Washington University (Washington, DC) | $1,155 per credit | 454 | 72 |
| #31 | University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT) | $15,402 per year (in-state) $38,116 per year (out-of-state) | 28 | 72 |
| #36 | Oregon Health and Science University (Portland, OR) | $583 per credit (in-state) $755 per credit (out-of-state) | 183 | 71 |
| #36 | University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) | $25,200 per year | 228 | 71 |
| #38 | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) | $14,668 per year (in-state) $26,210 per year (out-of-state) | 1,241 | 70 |
| #38 | University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) | $44,400 per year | 157 | 70 |
| #38 | University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) | $422 per credit (in-state) $422 per credit (out-of-state) | 37 | 70 |
| #41 | University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) | $812 per credit (in-state) $1,729 per credit (out-of-state) | 400 | 69 |
| #41 | Washington State University (Spokane, WA) | $17,792 per year (in-state) $32,814 per year (out-of-state) | 31 | 69 |
| #43 | University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT) | $13,726 per year (in-state) $34,762 per year (out-of-state) | 123 | 68 |
| #43 | University of Missouri—Kansas City (Kansas City, MO) | $450 per credit (in-state) $450 per credit (out-of-state) | 178 | 68 |
| #45 | Florida Atlantic University (Lynn) (Boca Raton, FL) | $304 per credit (in-state) $928 per credit (out-of-state) | 389 | 67 |
| #45 | University of Massachusetts—Amherst (Amherst, MA) | $750 per credit (in-state) $750 per credit (out-of-state) | 37 | 67 |
| #45 | University of South Florida (Tampa, FL) | $348 per credit (in-state) $772 per credit (out-of-state) | 636 | 67 |
| #48 | University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL) | $367 per credit (in-state) $367 per credit (out-of-state) | 132 | 66 |
| #48 | University of Tennessee—Knoxville (Knoxville, TN) | $615 per credit (in-state) $1,626 per credit (out-of-state) | 133 | 66 |
| #48 | Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) | $14,523 per year (in-state) $30,894 per year (out-of-state) | 223 | 66 |
| #48 | Wayne State University (Detroit, MI) | $838 per credit (in-state) $1,555 per credit (out-of-state) | 152 | 66 |
| #52 | Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL) | $1,081 per credit | 345 | 65 |
| #52 | University of California—Davis (Sacramento, CA) | $21,750 per year (in-state) $33,995 per year (out-of-state) | 97 | 65 |
| #52 | University of Colorado—Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs, CO) | $680 per credit (in-state) $771 per credit (out-of-state) | 173 | 65 |
| #52 | University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) | $731 per credit (in-state) $1,340 per credit (out-of-state) | 348 | 65 |
| #56 | Baylor University (Dallas, TX) | $1,583 per credit | 14 | 64 |
| #56 | Florida International University (Miami, FL) | $628 per credit (in-state) $1,133 per credit (out-of-state) | 271 | 64 |
| #56 | Stony Brook University—SUNY (Stony Brook, NY) | $10,870 per year (in-state) $22,210 per year (out-of-state) | 797 | 64 |
| #59 | University of Massachusetts—Boston (Boston, MA) | $703 per credit (in-state) $1,371 per credit (out-of-state) | 168 | 63 |
| #59 | University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, NE) | $459 per credit (in-state) $957 per credit (out-of-state) | 266 | 63 |
| #59 | University of North Carolina—Greensboro (Greensboro, NC) | $4,514 per year (in-state) $16,381 per year (out-of-state) | 108 | 63 |
| #59 | Villanova University (Villanova, PA) | $862 per credit | 267 | 63 |
| #63 | Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI) | $1,075 per credit | 282 | 62 |
| #63 | MGH Institute of Health Professions (Boston, MA) | $1,265 per credit | 304 | 62 |
| #63 | Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) | $699 per credit (in-state) $1,373 per credit (out-of-state) | 174 | 62 |
| #63 | University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (Oklahoma City, OK) | $272 per credit (in-state) $877 per credit (out-of-state) | 210 | 62 |
| #67 | Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA) | $1,264 per credit | 155 | 61 |
| #67 | Frontier Nursing University (Hyden, KY) | $550 per credit | 1,563 | 61 |
| #67 | St. Louis University (St. Louis, MO) | $1,105 per credit | 418 | 61 |
| #67 | SUNY Downstate Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY) | $10,870 per year (in-state) $11,105 per year (out-of-state) | 198 | 61 |
| #67 | University of Kansas (Kansas City, KS) | $637 per credit (in-state) $637 per credit (out-of-state) | 70 | 61 |
| #67 | University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI) | $11,789 per year (in-state) $24,824 per year (out-of-state) | 91 | 61 |
| #73 | George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) | $647 per credit (in-state) $1,425 per credit (out-of-state) | 113 | 60 |
| #73 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (Lubbock, TX) | $3,060 per year (in-state) $8,505 per year (out-of-state) | 563 | 60 |
| #73 | University of Texas Medical Branch—Galveston (Galveston, TX) | $285 per credit (in-state) $693 per credit (out-of-state) | 531 | 60 |
| #76 | North Dakota State University (Fargo, ND) | N/A | 1 | 59 |
| #76 | Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ) | $1,171 per credit | 163 | 59 |
| #76 | University of Louisville (Louisville, KY) | $12,246 per year (in-state) $25,486 per year (out-of-state) | 85 | 59 |
| #79 | Northeastern University (Boston, MA) | $1,338 per credit | 331 | 58 |
| #79 | University of Massachusetts—Worcester (Worcester, MA) | $550 per credit (in-state) $825 per credit (out-of-state) | 63 | 58 |
| #79 | University of Rhode Island (Kingston, RI) | $11,796 per year (in-state) $24,206 per year (out-of-state) | 70 | 58 |
| #82 | CUNY—Hunter College (New York, NY) | $11,130 per year (in-state) $20,880 per year (out-of-state) | 557 | 57 |
| #82 | Purdue University—West Lafayette (West Lafayette, IN) | $10,002 per year (in-state) $28,804 per year (out-of-state) | 57 | 57 |
| #82 | Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX) | $1,480 per credit | 60 | 57 |
| #82 | University of California—Irvine (Irvine, CA) | $21,750 per year (in-state) $33,995 per year (out-of-state) | 32 | 57 |
| #82 | University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL) | $327 per credit (in-state) $1,152 per credit (out-of-state) | 265 | 57 |
| #87 | University of Hawaii—Manoa (Honolulu, HI) | $1,001 per credit (in-state) $1,896 per credit (out-of-state) | 118 | 56 |
| #88 | Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT) | $850 per credit | 91 | 55 |
| #88 | Texas Woman's University (Denton, TX) | $306 per credit (in-state) $714 per credit (out-of-state) | 769 | 55 |
| #88 | University of Missouri—St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) | N/A | 107 | 55 |
| #88 | University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA) | $1,295 per credit | 566 | 55 |
| #92 | Auburn University (Auburn University, AL) | $9,072 per year (in-state) $27,216 per year (out-of-state) | 126 | 54 |
| #92 | Samford University (Birmingham, AL) | $809 per credit | 268 | 54 |
| #92 | Seattle University (Seattle, WA) | $775 per credit | 190 | 54 |
| #92 | University of Texas—Arlington (Arlington, TX) | $4,207 per year (in-state) $10,171 per year (out-of-state) | 3,025 | 54 |
| #92 | University of Texas Health Science Center—San Antonio (San Antonio, TX) | $6,581 per year (in-state) $18,293 per year (out-of-state) | 190 | 54 |
| #97 | Brigham Young University (Provo, UT) | $786 per credit | 29 | 53 |
| #97 | East Carolina University (Greenville, NC) | $353 per credit (in-state) $985 per credit (out-of-state) | 352 | 53 |
| #97 | Mercer University (Atlanta, GA) | $33,375 per year | 69 | 53 |
| #97 | Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi (Corpus Christi, TX) | $372 per credit (in-state) $780 per credit (out-of-state) | 511 | 53 |
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