2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Southwest Region

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.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the most popular for clinical nurse specialist students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 25 master's degrees in clinical nurse specialist during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Clinical Nurse Specialist School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in clinical nurse specialist matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Southwest Region ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of clinical nurse specialist students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Clinical Nurse Specialist Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for clinical nurse specialist.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Southwest Region

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

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

17 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In TX

#1 Best Quality In TX

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at The University of Texas at Austin if you wish to pursue a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist. UT Austin is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Austin. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in clinical nurse specialist in Texas.

There were approximately 17 clinical nurse specialist individuals who graduated with this degree at UT Austin in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in clinical nurse specialist from The University of Texas at Austin

2

University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, OK

5 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In OK

#1 Best Quality In OK

University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist. Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, UOHSC is a public university with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in clinical nurse specialist in Oklahoma.

There were approximately 5 clinical nurse specialist students who graduated with this degree at UOHSC in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in clinical nurse specialist from University of Oklahoma - Health Sciences Center

3

University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX

3 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In TX

#2 Best Quality In TX

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist needs to check out University of the Incarnate Word. UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of San Antonio. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in clinical nurse specialist in Texas.

There were about 3 clinical nurse specialist students who graduated with this degree at UIW in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in clinical nurse specialist from University of the Incarnate Word

4

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX

#3 Most Popular In TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in clinical nurse specialist needs to take a look at Texas Christian University. TCU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Fort Worth. More information about a master’s in clinical nurse specialist from Texas Christian University

 

Best Clinical Nurse Specialist Colleges by State

Explore the most popular clinical nurse specialist colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	520	21
Oklahoma	276	13

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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
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	2,840
Nursing Administration	1,720
Registered Nursing	937
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	157
Nurse Anesthetist	141
Critical Care Nursing	92
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	41
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	14
Nursing Science	12
Clinical Nurse Leader	11

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.