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Most Popular Schools for Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Major & Degree Program

A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, infirmed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administration of medication and treatments, assisting a physician during treatments and examinations, Referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Chamberlain University-Illinois 9,286 83% $19,975
2 Western Governors University 8,561 32% $6,870
3 Grand Canyon University 5,200 24% $32,100
4 Walden University 4,149 37% $13,020
5 The University of Texas at Arlington 3,820 28% $26,660
6 Ohio University-Main Campus 2,627 27% $28,986
7 National University College 1,499 51% $7,508
8 Ivy Tech Community College 1,200 5% $5,788
9 Rasmussen College-Florida 1,110 30% $11,115
10 University of South Alabama 1,054 30% $21,706
11 Capella University 1,042 12% $15,011
12 Excelsior College 1,041 20% N/A
13 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 1,006 59% N/A
14 Drexel University 986 16% $70,223
15 University of Alabama at Birmingham 898 19% $26,336
16 Miami Dade College 813 7% $4,338
17 University of Central Florida 790 5% $22,548
18 Southern New Hampshire University 774 4% $51,538
19 Azusa Pacific University 724 26% $54,144
20 University of South Florida-Main Campus 715 6% $23,320
21 University of Phoenix-Arizona 700 2% $10,912
22 Weber State University 697 13% $20,511
23 Purdue University Northwest 692 29% $22,871
24 Kent State University at Kent 684 9% $25,886
25 Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale 669 12% $22,208
26 Northern Arizona University 644 8% $27,266
27 Galen College of Nursing-Louisville 641 86% N/A
28 University of North Carolina Wilmington 625 14% $24,982
29 Lone Star College System 623 6% $4,150
30 Samuel Merritt University 593 74% N/A
31 West Coast University-Orange County 586 71% $36,223
32 California State University-San Marcos 584 16% $25,325
33 St Petersburg College 578 8% $4,282
34 Jersey College 577 63% N/A
35 Rasmussen College-Minnesota 558 30% $11,115
36 Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global 554 13% $13,778
37 Wilmington University 540 11% $13,010
38 University of Louisiana at Lafayette 529 16% $25,922
39 West Coast University-Los Angeles 527 100% $36,223
40 Texas Woman's University 514 14% $20,272
41 Ohio State University-Main Campus 497 4% $27,367
42 Regis College 480 64% $59,360
43 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 480 15% $25,637
44 Columbia University in the City of New York 480 4% $76,856
45 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus 476 19% $7,520
46 Jacksonville University 464 40% $54,868
47 Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis 462 6% $22,537
48 Eastern Kentucky University 455 12% $23,706
49 Nova Southeastern University 454 10% $50,597
50 The University of Alabama 451 5% $29,872
51 The University of West Florida 451 10% $19,014
52 New York University 442 3% $73,566
53 University of Nebraska Medical Center 439 57% N/A
54 Mississippi University for Women 438 49% $20,079
55 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 425 36% N/A
56 University of Memphis 423 10% $25,423
57 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 422 4% $27,476
58 Adelphi University 421 18% $58,430
59 Liberty University 415 2% $40,075
60 Harrisburg Area Community College 414 19% $8,651
61 Broward College 413 3% $5,834
62 Pikes Peak Community College 411 10% $5,640
63 Miami Regional College 410 52% N/A
64 East Tennessee State University 408 13% $24,068
65 Florida State College at Jacksonville 404 7% $14,589
66 The College of Saint Scholastica 403 28% $50,352
67 The University of Texas at Tyler 401 15% $21,730
68 University of Maryland, Baltimore 399 28% N/A
69 The University of Texas Medical Branch 399 46% N/A
70 Galen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay 398 89% N/A
71 Washington State University 393 6% $27,484
72 Oakland University 387 9% $25,524
73 University of Rhode Island 387 9% $30,351
74 ECPI University 386 10% $16,819
75 Florida Atlantic University 386 5% $24,235
76 Hondros College of Nursing 385 39% $21,076
77 Molloy College 382 30% $51,856
78 California State University-Long Beach 379 4% $24,738
79 University of Arizona 365 4% $29,217
80 Gwynedd Mercy University 363 47% $49,920
81 University of South Carolina-Upstate 363 28% $25,442
82 Metropolitan State University 361 16% $9,379
83 Northwestern State University of Louisiana 352 19% $22,672
84 South Dakota State University 352 14% $23,127
85 West Coast University-Ontario 352 100% $36,223
86 Georgetown University 350 6% $73,840
87 Florida International University 349 3% $23,506
88 Resurrection University 349 82% N/A
89 Lincoln Memorial University 345 31% $36,880
90 Denver College of Nursing 344 100% N/A
91 Oregon Health & Science University 343 47% N/A
92 University of Arkansas at Little Rock 338 15% $24,073
93 University of New Mexico-Main Campus 337 6% $22,639
94 Mount Carmel College of Nursing 337 86% $25,247
95 Rutgers University-New Brunswick 337 3% $32,443
96 Daytona State College 336 8% $4,304
97 Regis University 336 13% $53,192
98 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 335 6% $24,486
99 Roseman University of Health Sciences 335 84% N/A
100 Utica College 333 24% $35,794

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.