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Most Popular Schools for Nursing Administration Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares registered nurses to manage Nursing personnel and services in hospitals and other health care delivery agencies. Includes instruction in principles of health care administration, resource and financial management, health care law and policy, medical personnel management, and managed care operations.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Western Governors University 2,845 10% $6,870
2 Grand Canyon University 867 4% $32,100
3 American Sentinel University 644 87% $11,340
4 University of Phoenix-Arizona 423 1% $10,912
5 The University of Texas at Arlington 239 2% $26,660
6 Unitek College 178 14% $34,569
7 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 157 3% $29,357
8 Sacred Heart University 153 6% $60,580
9 Liberty University 147 1% $40,075
10 Excelsior College 95 2% N/A
11 Purdue University Global-Davenport 92 1% $14,343
12 West Coast University-Orange County 81 10% $36,223
13 Lewis University 81 4% $46,758
14 Augsburg University 77 9% $52,780
15 Northern Michigan University 75 4% $24,187
16 Southern New Hampshire University 69 0% $51,538
17 Regis University 66 3% $53,192
18 Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global 64 1% $13,778
19 Vanguard University of Southern California 52 9% $48,800
20 Stony Brook University 51 1% $26,091
21 University of South Carolina-Columbia 51 1% $28,301
22 Queens University of Charlotte 47 7% $48,968
23 South University–Savannah Online 46 2% $14,854
24 Saint Xavier University 42 4% $48,436
25 Kentucky Christian University 42 31% $33,424
26 Simmons University 42 2% $59,880
27 University of Hartford 41 3% $56,599
28 Saint Joseph's College of Maine 38 6% $52,230
29 Holy Names University 35 15% $57,674
30 The University of Texas at El Paso 35 1% $23,843
31 Lenoir-Rhyne University 34 6% $52,920
32 The University of Texas at Tyler 34 1% $21,730
33 York College of Pennsylvania 31 3% $34,550
34 Duke University 30 1% $74,339
35 Endicott College 30 2% $51,674
36 Northwest Christian University 29 11% $42,650
37 University of Louisville 28 1% $27,980
38 Immaculata University 28 5% $46,000
39 Ottawa University-Kansas City 26 15% N/A
40 Lubbock Christian University 26 5% $36,284
41 Seattle Pacific University 25 2% $58,794
42 University of Nevada-Reno 25 1% $25,039
43 Mercy College 24 1% $38,200
44 University of Mary 24 3% $29,290
45 University of Indianapolis 23 2% $45,382
46 United States University 23 20% $12,717
47 Concordia University Texas 22 3% $47,244
48 Ferris State University 22 1% $23,194
49 Shawnee State University 22 3% $23,148
50 Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health 22 7% $32,116
51 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 22 1% N/A
52 Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi 19 1% $23,307
53 Weber State University 19 0% $20,511
54 King University 17 2% $43,490
55 University of Wisconsin-Green Bay 16 1% $19,334
56 Mount Saint Joseph University 16 3% $41,742
57 Columbia Central University-Caguas 15 3% $7,462
58 Olivet Nazarene University 15 1% $47,670
59 The University of Texas Medical Branch 15 2% N/A
60 Cleveland State University 15 0% $29,045
61 EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Sebastian 15 4% $6,800
62 University of Pennsylvania 14 0% $74,408
63 Missouri Western State University 14 2% $20,575
64 University of St Francis 14 1% $45,664
65 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 14 0% $30,298
66 Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale 14 0% $22,208
67 Daemen College 13 1% $43,995
68 Mount Carmel College of Nursing 13 3% $25,247
69 Jacksonville University 13 1% $54,868
70 Northwest Nazarene University 13 2% $40,890
71 Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs 12 0% $13,374
72 University of Oklahoma-Health Sciences Center 12 2% N/A
73 Bryan College of Health Sciences 12 8% $18,482
74 New York University 11 0% $73,566
75 Loyola University Chicago 11 0% $61,328
76 Seton Hall University 11 0% $59,670
77 University of Phoenix-California 11 0% $10,912
78 Xavier University 11 1% $54,310
79 Roberts Wesleyan College 11 2% $46,396
80 George Washington University 11 0% $71,930
81 Jefferson College of Health Sciences 10 3% $44,536
82 Bethel University 10 1% $51,700
83 Independence University 10 1% $16,972
84 Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences 10 2% $30,512
85 Eastern Mennonite University 10 2% $51,500
86 Capital University 9 1% $50,334
87 Grantham University 9 1% $7,452
88 Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 9 0% $25,637
89 University of San Diego 9 0% $67,498
90 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 9 0% $20,471
91 Anderson University 9 2% $45,290
92 Tabor College 8 4% $43,760
93 Adelphi University 8 0% $58,430
94 Baptist Health System School of Health Professions 7 2% N/A
95 Union University 7 1% $53,550
96 Texas Woman's University 7 0% $20,272
97 Kennesaw State University 7 0% $25,773
98 Franklin Pierce University 7 1% $53,745
99 Carlow University 7 1% $44,378
100 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 7 1% N/A

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Nursing Administration 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.