Nursing Practice

A practice-focused program that prepares registered nurses for increasingly complex evidence-based nursing practice, including translating research into practice, evaluating evidence, applying research in decision-making, and implementing viable clinical innovations to change practice. Includes instruction in healthcare delivery systems, health economics and finance, health policy, research methods, translating evidence into practice, concepts in population health, and nursing leadership.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 308 institutions across the United States, with a total of 27667 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

161

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

832

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

453

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

7,466

degrees awarded

Other Awards

18,690

awards given

Top Schools for Nursing Practice

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	Chamberlain University-Illinois Addison, IL	1,446
2	Concordia University-Saint Paul Saint Paul, MN	993
3	University of South Alabama Mobile, AL	795
4	Rush University Chicago, IL	693
5	Walden University Minneapolis, MN	615
6	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, AZ	606
7	MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MA	555
8	Capella University Minneapolis, MN	525
9	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	501
10	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD	423
11	Ashland University Ashland, OH	414
12	Brenau University Gainesville, GA	381
13	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	372
14	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	345
15	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	342
16	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	339
17	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	339
18	Las Vegas College Las Vegas, NV	336
19	Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL	321
20	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY	315
21	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	285
22	Barry University Miami, FL	282
23	Columbia College Columbia, MO	261
24	University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL	258
25	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	249
26	Florida International University Miami, FL	243
27	Baylor University Waco, TX	240
28	University of California-San Francisco San Francisco, CA	240
29	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN	228
30	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	222
31	Emory University Atlanta, GA	213
32	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC	210
33	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	210
34	University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	207
35	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	201
36	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	198
37	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans New Orleans, LA	195
38	University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO	192
39	South University-Savannah Online Savannah, GA	189
40	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	183
41	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	183
42	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI	168
43	University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Worcester, MA	168
44	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	162
45	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	162
46	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	162
47	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	156
48	Duke University Durham, NC	156
49	Palm Beach Atlantic University West Palm Beach, FL	147
50	Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC	144
51	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	141
52	Maryville University of Saint Louis Saint Louis, MO	141
53	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	138
54	Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA	132
55	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	129
56	University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV	129
57	University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE	129
58	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	129
59	Bradley University Peoria, IL	129
60	Wilmington University New Castle, DE	126
61	University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO	126
62	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	120
63	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	120
64	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	120
65	The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN	117
66	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	117
67	University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences San Marcos, CA	114
68	St Catherine University Saint Paul, MN	114
69	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	114
70	Anderson University Anderson, SC	111
71	Florida Gulf Coast University Fort Myers, FL	111
72	Abilene Christian University Abilene, TX	108
73	Jacksonville State University Jacksonville, AL	105
74	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	105
75	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	102
76	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR	102
77	Villanova University Villanova, PA	102
78	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Cincinnati, OH	102
79	Weber State University Ogden, UT	102
80	Samuel Merritt University Oakland, CA	99
81	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	99
82	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	99
83	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI	93
84	DePaul University Chicago, IL	93
85	Touro University Nevada Henderson, NV	90
86	Idaho State University Pocatello, ID	87
87	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	84
88	Misericordia University Dallas, PA	84
89	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	84
90	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	84
91	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	82
92	Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL	81
93	Simmons University Boston, MA	81
94	University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL	81
95	Boise State University Boise, ID	78
96	University of Louisville Louisville, KY	75
97	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	75
98	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	75
99	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston, TX	72
100	Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health Omaha, NE	72