2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Family Practice Nurse/Nursing in Connecticut

Ranked #8 in popularity, family practice nurse/nursing is one of the most sought-after master's degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the most popular for family practice nurse/nursing students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 56 master's degrees in family practice nurse/nursing during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Family Practice Nurse/Nursing School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in family practice nursing matters. We created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Family Practice Nurse/Nursing in Connecticut ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of family practice nurse/nursing 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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. Plus, you can view our other rankings for family practice nurse/nursing.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Family Practice Nurse/Nursing in Connecticut

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in family practice nurse/nursing.

Most Well Attended Schools for Family Practice Nursing Students Working on Their Master's

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Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT

30 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Southern Connecticut State University is a popular choice for students pursuing a master's degree in family practice nurse/nursing. SCSU is a medium-sized public university located in the city of New Haven. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for master's degrees in family practice nurse/nursing in Connecticut.

There were roughly 30 family practice nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at SCSU in the most recent year we have data available.

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Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT

15 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Sacred Heart University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in family practice nurse/nursing. Sacred Heart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fairfield. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in family practice nurse/nursing in Connecticut.

There were approximately 15 family practice nurse/nursing individuals who graduated with this degree at Sacred Heart in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in family practice nurse/nursing from Sacred Heart University

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Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT

11 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in family practice nurse/nursing needs to look into Fairfield University. Fairfield U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fairfield. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for master's degrees in family practice nurse/nursing in Connecticut.

There were about 11 family practice nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Fairfield U in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in family practice nurse/nursing from Fairfield University

 

Best Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	526	670
Rhode Island	200	5
Maine	135	77

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Rankings in Majors Related to Family Practice Nursing

One of 22 majors within the Nursing area of study, Family Practice Nurse/Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Family Practice Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	208
Nursing Administration	201
Nursing Practice	50
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	23
Nursing Science	20
Nurse Anesthetist	8
Clinical Nurse Leader	5
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	4

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.