2025 Best Nursing Education Schools in the Far Western US Region

A degree in nursing education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #181 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Education Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 45 degrees in nursing education annually.

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Nursing Education Rankings by Degree Level

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Nursing Education Schools in the Far Western US Region list, to help you choose the best school for you. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Nursing Education in the Far Western US Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the nursing education degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Far Western US Region Schools in Nursing Education

1

Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Oregon Health & Science University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in nursing education. OHSU is a small public university located in the city of Portland.More information about a degree in nursing education from Oregon Health & Science University

2

United States University
San Diego, CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

57.1% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in nursing education has to check out United States University. USU is a small private for-profit university located in the city of San Diego.More information about a degree in nursing education from United States University

Best Nursing Education Colleges by State

Explore the best nursing education colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	999	14
Oregon	587	8
Nevada	354	0

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Nursing Education Related Rankings by Major

One of 6 majors within the Bioethics/Medical Ethics area of study, Nursing Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	98
Medical/Health Humanities	5
Arts in Medicine/Health	3

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.