Family Practice Nurse Nursing

A program that prepares registered nurses to provide independent general care for family groups and individuals in the context of family living. Includes instruction in family theory and intervention, role synthesis, family primary care, nursing practice and health care policy, holistic practice, pediatric practice, gerontological practice, health assessment, clinical pharmacotherapeutics, clinical techniques, and pathopsychology.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 282 institutions across the United States, with a total of 45462 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

181

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

181

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

13,197

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

1,576

degrees awarded

Other Awards

30,326

awards given

Top Schools for Family Practice Nurse Nursing

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Chamberlain University-Illinois Addison, IL	4,854
2	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	3,102
3	United States University San Diego, CA	2,304
4	Miami Regional University Miami Springs, FL	1,653
5	South University-Savannah Online Savannah, GA	1,545
6	Simmons University Boston, MA	1,287
7	Purdue University Global West Lafayette, IN	1,158
8	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	843
9	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	825
10	Maryville University of Saint Louis Saint Louis, MO	786
11	Herzing University-Madison Madison, WI	762
12	Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL	684
13	University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ	642
14	Frontier Nursing University Versailles, KY	576
15	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus Gurabo, PR	552
16	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	549
17	Spring Arbor University Spring Arbor, MI	516
18	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	507
19	Long Island University Brookville, NY	504
20	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston, TX	480
21	Carson-Newman University Jefferson City, TN	480
22	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock, TX	444
23	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	423
24	Bradley University Peoria, IL	420
25	Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global Marion, IN	411
26	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	402
27	The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX	372
28	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	363
29	Columbus State University Columbus, GA	354
30	Samuel Merritt University Oakland, CA	330
31	Post University Waterbury, CT	324
32	Graceland University-Lamoni Lamoni, IA	309
33	Pace University New York, NY	306
34	George Washington University Washington, DC	303
35	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Brooklyn, NY	303
36	University of West Florida Pensacola, FL	285
37	Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science Los Angeles, CA	282
38	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	273
39	D'Youville University Buffalo, NY	264
40	Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH	264
41	South College Knoxville, TN	261
42	Utica University Utica, NY	261
43	South University-Tampa Tampa, FL	240
44	Duke University Durham, NC	219
45	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	219
46	SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY	216
47	Clarkson College Omaha, NE	210
48	MCPHS University Boston, MA	198
49	Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT	195
50	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	192
51	Concordia University-Wisconsin Mequon, WI	174
52	Regis University Denver, CO	174
53	Olivet Nazarene University Bourbonnais, IL	165
54	Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	162
55	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	162
56	Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY	162
57	Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY	162
58	American University of Health Sciences Signal Hill, CA	159
59	St. John Fisher University Rochester, NY	156
60	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	156
61	University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO	153
62	Youngstown State University Youngstown, OH	147
63	Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL	147
64	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX	144
65	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX	141
66	Carlow University Pittsburgh, PA	135
67	Samford University Birmingham, AL	135
68	Russell Sage College Troy, NY	132
69	King University Bristol, TN	129
70	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	129
71	Wilmington University New Castle, DE	126
72	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	123
73	Seattle University Seattle, WA	123
74	Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX	117
75	Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh, NY	117
76	Rockhurst University Kansas City, MO	117
77	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	117
78	Florida Southern College Lakeland, FL	114
79	Emory University Atlanta, GA	111
80	Northwest Nazarene University Nampa, ID	108
81	Marshall University Huntington, WV	108
82	West Coast University-Orange County Anaheim, CA	105
83	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ	105
84	Dominican University New York Orangeburg, NY	105
85	Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY	105
86	Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA	105
87	Morningside University Sioux City, IA	105
88	Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT	102
89	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	102
90	Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA	102
91	ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA	99
92	Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	96
93	Mount Carmel College of Nursing Columbus, OH	96
94	Florida International University Miami, FL	96
95	Brenau University Gainesville, GA	93
96	Widener University Chester, PA	93
97	Union University Jackson, TN	90
98	The University of Texas at Tyler Tyler, TX	90
99	Western University of Health Sciences Pomona, CA	87
100	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	87