2024 Best Nursing Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
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Colleges in the Southwest Region
Nursing Education is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #53 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 17 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for nursing education students pursuing a master's degree.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Nursing Education School for Your Master's Degree
Your choice of nursing education for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality nursing education program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on nursing education students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of nursing education students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing education related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for nursing education students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Nursing Education Schools
The nursing education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Nursing Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.