Nursing Science

A research program that focuses on the study of advanced clinical practices, research methodologies, the administration of complex nursing services, and that prepares nurses to further the progress of nursing research through experimentation and clinical applications.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 148 institutions across the United States, with a total of 13443 degrees awarded annually.

Associate Degrees

836

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

1,373

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

1,279

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

972

degrees awarded

Other Awards

8,964

awards given

Top Schools for Nursing Science

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

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	University of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA	1,161
2	EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Juan San Juan, PR	972
3	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	819
4	Rivier University Nashua, NH	693
5	EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Sebastian San Sebastian, PR	648
6	EDP University of Puerto Rico-Manati Manati, PR	573
7	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	504
8	Rush University Chicago, IL	492
9	Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJ	486
10	University of Maine at Fort Kent Fort Kent, ME	474
11	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	363
12	Millersville University of Pennsylvania Millersville, PA	339
13	Augusta University Augusta, GA	324
14	Benedictine University Lisle, IL	303
15	Kean University Union, NJ	207
16	EDP University of Puerto Rico-Humacao Humacao, PR	171
17	Rogers State University Claremore, OK	171
18	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	159
19	Fresno Pacific University Fresno, CA	141
20	Touro University Nevada Henderson, NV	138
21	Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ	132
22	Clemson University Clemson, SC	129
23	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR	120
24	University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, MD	120
25	EDP University of Puerto Rico-Villalba Villalba, PR	120
26	Walden University Minneapolis, MN	120
27	American College of Education Indianapolis, IN	117
28	Wagner College Staten Island, NY	117
29	University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences San Juan, PR	111
30	Fort Hays State University Hays, KS	108
31	Bellevue University Bellevue, NE	99
32	Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL	96
33	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	96
34	Moravian University Bethlehem, PA	93
35	University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC	87
36	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	87
37	Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Teaneck, NJ	75
38	Atlantis University Miami, FL	72
39	The Catholic University of America Washington, DC	69
40	Touro University California Vallejo, CA	66
41	Universal Technology College of Puerto Rico Aguadilla, PR	66
42	Wichita State University Wichita, KS	66
43	Governors State University University Park, IL	63
44	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN	60
45	Texas Woman's University Denton, TX	57
46	Salem State University Salem, MA	54
47	Goodwin University East Hartford, CT	51
48	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	48
49	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus Indiana, PA	48
50	Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN	45
51	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	45
52	Saint Elizabeth University Morristown, NJ	45
53	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	45
54	College of Our Lady of the Elms Chicopee, MA	42
55	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	42
56	University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	42
57	Colby-Sawyer College New London, NH	42
58	University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO	42
59	ICPR Junior College Manati, PR	39
60	Montana State University Bozeman, MT	36
61	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	33
62	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	33
63	Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS	33
64	Dewey University-Manati Manati, PR	33
65	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	33
66	University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	30
67	Emory University Atlanta, GA	30
68	Duke University Durham, NC	30
69	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	30
70	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	30
71	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	27
72	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	27
73	ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez Mayaguez, PR	27
74	Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL	24
75	Post University Waterbury, CT	24
76	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	24
77	North Park University Chicago, IL	24
78	Dewey University-Juana Díaz Juana Diaz, PR	24
79	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	24
80	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX	24
81	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston, TX	21
82	Saint Xavier University Chicago, IL	21
83	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MS	21
84	World Mission University Los Angeles, CA	21
85	ICPR Junior College Hato Rey, PR	21
86	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	21
87	The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX	21
88	Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences Rock Island, IL	21
89	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	18
90	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	18
91	East Carolina University Greenville, NC	18
92	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	18
93	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	18
94	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	15
95	Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ	15
96	Adelphi University Garden City, NY	15
97	University of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA	15
98	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans New Orleans, LA	15
99	Widener University Chester, PA	15
100	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ	15