🏆 Best Colleges for Nurse practitioners

Ranked by Repit grade, then by degrees awarded in related programs

100 colleges ranked 19 related programs Updated 2024

🥇

University of California-Los Angeles

📍 Los Angeles, CA

222

degrees awarded

A+

🥈

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

📍 Ann Arbor, MI

157

degrees awarded

A+

🥉

Vanderbilt University

📍 Nashville, TN

431

degrees awarded

A

#4

Duke University

📍 Durham, NC

373

degrees awarded

A

#5

Johns Hopkins University

📍 Baltimore, MD

246

degrees awarded

A

#6

University of Pennsylvania

📍 Philadelphia, PA

233

degrees awarded

A

#7

New York University

📍 New York, NY

150

degrees awarded

A

#8

The University of Texas at Austin

📍 Austin, TX

147

degrees awarded

A

#9

Columbia University in the City of New York

📍 New York, NY

139

degrees awarded

A

#10

Emory University

📍 Atlanta, GA

127

degrees awarded

A

#11

University of Connecticut

📍 Storrs, CT

221

degrees awarded

B+

#12

University of Miami

📍 Coral Gables, FL

202

degrees awarded

B+

#13

Stony Brook University

📍 Stony Brook, NY

171

degrees awarded

B+

#14

CUNY Hunter College

📍 New York, NY

166

degrees awarded

B+

#15

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

📍 Minneapolis, MN

160

degrees awarded

B+

#16

Florida International University

📍 Miami, FL

149

degrees awarded

B+

#17

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

📍 New Brunswick, NJ

149

degrees awarded

B+

#18

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

📍 University Park, PA

143

degrees awarded

B+

#19

University of South Alabama

📍 Mobile, AL

317

degrees awarded

B

#20

George Washington University

📍 Washington, DC

227

degrees awarded

B

#21

University of Illinois Chicago

📍 Chicago, IL

212

degrees awarded

B

#22

Baylor University

📍 Waco, TX

196

degrees awarded

B

#23

University of North Carolina Wilmington

📍 Wilmington, NC

185

degrees awarded

B

#24

University of Mississippi

📍 University, MS

182

degrees awarded

B

#25

Indiana University-Indianapolis

📍 Indianapolis, IN

177

degrees awarded

B

#26

University of San Francisco

📍 San Francisco, CA

165

degrees awarded

B

#27

University of South Carolina-Columbia

📍 Columbia, SC

155

degrees awarded

B

#28

Ramapo College of New Jersey

📍 Mahwah, NJ

147

degrees awarded

B

#29

University of Arizona

📍 Tucson, AZ

110

degrees awarded

B

#30

Grand Canyon University

📍 Phoenix, AZ

1,020

degrees awarded

C+

#31

The University of Texas at Arlington

📍 Arlington, TX

1,017

degrees awarded

C+

#32

Maryville University of Saint Louis

📍 Saint Louis, MO

759

degrees awarded

C+

#33

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

📍 Cincinnati, OH

541

degrees awarded

C+

#34

Simmons University

📍 Boston, MA

391

degrees awarded

C+

#35

University of Massachusetts-Boston

📍 Boston, MA

385

degrees awarded

C+

#36

Liberty University

📍 Lynchburg, VA

377

degrees awarded

C+

#37

Duquesne University

📍 Pittsburgh, PA

332

degrees awarded

C+

#38

Texas Woman's University

📍 Denton, TX

327

degrees awarded

C+

#39

Long Island University

📍 Brookville, NY

305

degrees awarded

C+

#40

Spring Arbor University

📍 Spring Arbor, MI

283

degrees awarded

C+

#41

Nova Southeastern University

📍 Fort Lauderdale, FL

261

degrees awarded

C+

#42

Purdue University Northwest

📍 Hammond, IN

219

degrees awarded

C+

#43

Pace University

📍 New York, NY

214

degrees awarded

C+

#44

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

📍 Houston, TX

204

degrees awarded

C+

#45

University of Alabama at Birmingham

📍 Birmingham, AL

185

degrees awarded

C+

#46

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

📍 North Dartmouth, MA

182

degrees awarded

C+

#47

University of Maryland, Baltimore

📍 Baltimore, MD

174

degrees awarded

C+

#48

Northern Kentucky University

📍 Highland Heights, KY

171

degrees awarded

C+

#49

Sacred Heart University

📍 Fairfield, CT

168

degrees awarded

C+

#50

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

📍 Brooklyn, NY

160

degrees awarded

C+

#51

University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

📍 Denver, CO

159

degrees awarded

C+

#52

Clarkson College

📍 Omaha, NE

155

degrees awarded

C+

#53

Thomas Jefferson University

📍 Philadelphia, PA

148

degrees awarded

C+

#54

The University of Texas at Tyler

📍 Tyler, TX

144

degrees awarded

C+

#55

Oklahoma City University

📍 Oklahoma City, OK

142

degrees awarded

C+

#56

The University of Texas at El Paso

📍 El Paso, TX

142

degrees awarded

C+

#57

Lewis University

📍 Romeoville, IL

136

degrees awarded

C+

#58

Molloy College

📍 Rockville Centre, NY

135

degrees awarded

C+

#59

Jacksonville University

📍 Jacksonville, FL

134

degrees awarded

C+

#60

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

📍 Millersville, PA

132

degrees awarded

C+

#61

University of Southern Indiana

📍 Evansville, IN

131

degrees awarded

C+

#62

Ohio University-Main Campus

📍 Athens, OH

128

degrees awarded

C+

#63

St. John Fisher University

📍 Rochester, NY

128

degrees awarded

C+

#64

Barry University

📍 Miami, FL

122

degrees awarded

C+

#65

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

📍 Utica, NY

110

degrees awarded

C+

#66

Chamberlain University-Illinois

📍 Addison, IL

3,565

degrees awarded

C

#67

Western Governors University

📍 Salt Lake City, UT

2,207

degrees awarded

C

#68

Aspen University

📍 Phoenix, AZ

1,999

degrees awarded

C

#69

Purdue University Global

📍 West Lafayette, IN

940

degrees awarded

C

#70

United States University

📍 San Diego, CA

793

degrees awarded

C

#71

Frontier Nursing University

📍 Versailles, KY

716

degrees awarded

C

#72

West Coast University-Orange County

📍 Anaheim, CA

645

degrees awarded

C

#73

Post University

📍 Waterbury, CT

585

degrees awarded

C

#74

Rush University

📍 Chicago, IL

387

degrees awarded

C

#75

Rivier University

📍 Nashua, NH

258

degrees awarded

C

#76

Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing

📍 Saint Louis, MO

256

degrees awarded

C

#77

St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing

📍 Bethlehem, PA

211

degrees awarded

C

#78

Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science

📍 Los Angeles, CA

202

degrees awarded

C

#79

Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global

📍 Marion, IN

183

degrees awarded

C

#80

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

📍 Lubbock, TX

180

degrees awarded

C

#81

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

📍 Galveston, TX

164

degrees awarded

C

#82

West Coast University-Dallas

📍 Richardson, TX

156

degrees awarded

C

#83

Brenau University

📍 Gainesville, GA

151

degrees awarded

C

#84

University of Maine at Fort Kent

📍 Fort Kent, ME

146

degrees awarded

C

#85

Wilmington University

📍 New Castle, DE

145

degrees awarded

C

#86

Medical University of South Carolina

📍 Charleston, SC

137

degrees awarded

C

#87

Florida National University-Main Campus

📍 Hialeah, FL

133

degrees awarded

C

#88

South College

📍 Knoxville, TN

127

degrees awarded

C

#89

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

📍 San Marcos, CA

124

degrees awarded

C

#90

MGH Institute of Health Professions

📍 Boston, MA

123

degrees awarded

C

#91

Carson-Newman University

📍 Jefferson City, TN

122

degrees awarded

C

#92

Samuel Merritt University

📍 Oakland, CA

118

degrees awarded

C

#93

D'Youville University

📍 Buffalo, NY

107

degrees awarded

C

#94

Capella University

📍 Minneapolis, MN

1,174

degrees awarded

D

#95

Walden University

📍 Minneapolis, MN

816

degrees awarded

D

#96

South University-Savannah Online

📍 Savannah, GA

604

degrees awarded

D

#97

Miami Regional University

📍 Miami Springs, FL

531

degrees awarded

D

#98

Herzing University-Madison

📍 Madison, WI

524

degrees awarded

D

#99

University of Phoenix-Arizona

📍 Phoenix, AZ

400

degrees awarded

D

#100

Las Vegas College

📍 Las Vegas, NV

133

degrees awarded

D

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