2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Specialist in California

A master's degree in clinical nurse specialist is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #271 out of 1095 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in California to determine which ones were the most popular for master's degree seekers in the field of clinical nurse specialist. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 170 master's degrees in clinical nurse specialist during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Clinical Nurse Specialist in California

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist.

Most Well Attended Schools for Clinical Nurse Specialist Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA

170 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of San Francisco if you wish to pursue a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist. USFCA is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Francisco. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in clinical nurse specialist in California. More information about a master’s in clinical nurse specialist from University of San Francisco

2

Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, CA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Mount Saint Mary's University if you wish to pursue a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist. MSMU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. More information about a master’s in clinical nurse specialist from Mount Saint Mary’s University

 

Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Clinical Nurse Specialist Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Oregon	282	0

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Clinical Nurse Specialist Related Rankings by Major

Clinical Nurse Specialist is one of 22 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Clinical Nurse Specialist

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	1,251
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	628
Nursing Administration	264
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	167
Clinical Nurse Leader	93
Nursing Science	81
Nurse Anesthetist	40
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	18
Nursing Practice	14
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	7

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle. More about our data sources and methodologies.