If you plan on majoring in nursing education, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #181 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for nursing education students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 81 degrees in nursing education to qualified students.
Your choice of nursing education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nursing education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Illinois list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the nursing education degree levels they offer.
Olivet Nazarene University is a great option for students interested in a degree in nursing education. Located in the small suburb of Bourbonnais, Olivet Nazarene is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 34th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 13 nursing education students who graduated with this degree at Olivet Nazarene in the most recent year we have data available.
Saint Xavier University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in nursing education. SXU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #750 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means SXU is a great university overall.
There were about 10 nursing education students who graduated with this degree at SXU in the most recent year we have data available.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a wonderful choice for students interested in a degree in nursing education. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 31st out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 30 nursing education students who graduated with this degree at SIUE in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
Your choice of nursing education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nursing education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
