2025 Best Pre-Nursing Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
10
Colleges in the Southwest Region
475
Associate Degrees
Pre-Nursing Studies is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #84 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 10 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for pre-nursing studies students pursuing a associate degree. Combined, these schools handed out 475 associate degrees in pre-nursing studies to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Pre-Nursing Studies School for Your Associate Degree
The pre-nursing studies associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality pre-nursing studies 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
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various 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 pre-nursing studies students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of pre-nursing studies students who choose to seek a associate 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 pre-nursing studies related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for pre-nursing studies students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The pre-nursing studies 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 Pre-Nursing Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.