2025 Best Critical Care Nursing Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
71Critical Care Nursing Degrees Awarded
A degree in critical care nursing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #529 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for critical care nursing students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 71 degrees in critical care nursing annually.
Your choice of critical care nursing 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 critical care nursing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Critical Care Nursing Schools in the Great Lakes Region 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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Best Schools for Critical Care Nursing in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the critical care nursing degree levels they offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Critical Care Nursing
Case Western Reserve University is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in critical care nursing. Located in the large city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #116 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Case Western is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 critical care nursing students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Loyola University Chicago if you want to pursue a degree in critical care nursing. Loyola Chicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Chicago. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were roughly 15 critical care nursing students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
Youngstown State University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in critical care nursing. Youngstown State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Youngstown. This university ranks 39th out of 91 colleges for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 4 critical care nursing students who graduated with this degree at Youngstown State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Ursuline College is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in critical care nursing. Located in the suburb of Pepper Pike, Ursuline College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. This college ranks 28th out of 91 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were about 19 critical care nursing students who graduated with this degree at Ursuline College in the most recent data year.
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 critical care nursing 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 critical care nursing schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
