2024 Best Critical Care Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in critical care nursing, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #214 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of critical care nursing. Combined, these schools handed out 122 master's degrees in critical care nursing to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Critical Care Nursing School for Your Master's Degree

The critical care nursing master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different 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 critical care nursing students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other critical care nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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 critical care nursing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for critical care nursing students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Critical Care Nursing Schools

The critical care nursing 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 Critical Care Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Critical Care Nursing in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in critical care nursing.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Critical Care Nursing

1

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Annual Graduates

Vanderbilt University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in critical care nursing. Located in the city of Nashville, Vanderbilt is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in critical care nursing from Vanderbilt University

2

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of South Carolina - Columbia if you wish to pursue a master's degree in critical care nursing. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in critical care nursing from University of South Carolina - Columbia

3

Barry University
Miami, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in critical care nursing needs to check out Barry University. Located in the large suburb of Miami, Barry University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a master’s in critical care nursing from Barry University

Best Critical Care Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the best critical care nursing colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	422	34
Tennessee	313	46
South Carolina	260	42

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Rankings in Majors Related to Critical Care Nursing

Critical Care Nursing is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Critical Care Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	5,122
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	3,007
Nursing Administration	665
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	370
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	328
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	306
Nurse Anesthetist	214
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	206
Nursing Practice	183
School Nursing	153

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.