2024 Best Nurse Anesthetist Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a master's degree in nurse anesthetist is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #164 out of 1172 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for nurse anesthetist students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 214 master's degrees in nurse anesthetist to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Nurse Anesthetist School for Your Master's Degree

The nurse anesthetist master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality nurse anesthetist program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on nurse anesthetist students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nurse anesthetist students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nurse anesthetist related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for nurse anesthetist students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Nurse Anesthetist Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Nurse Anesthetist in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Nurse Anesthetist

1

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in nurse anesthetist has to take a look at University of South Carolina - Columbia. UofSC is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.More information about a master’s in nurse anesthetist from University of South Carolina - Columbia

2

Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

23 Annual Graduates

Wake Forest University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in nurse anesthetist. Wake Forest University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Winston-Salem.More information about a master’s in nurse anesthetist from Wake Forest University

3

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

47 Annual Graduates

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in nurse anesthetist. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale.More information about a master’s in nurse anesthetist from Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

4

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

Florida State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in nurse anesthetist. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in nurse anesthetist from Florida State University

5

Arkansas State University - Main Campus
Jonesboro, AR

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Annual Graduates

A-State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Jonesboro.More information about a master’s in nurse anesthetist from Arkansas State University - Main Campus

6

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Annual Graduates

USF Tampa is a fairly large public university located in the city of Tampa.More information about a master’s in nurse anesthetist from University of South Florida - Main Campus

6

Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate, TN

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

LMU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the town of Harrogate.More information about a master’s in nurse anesthetist from Lincoln Memorial University

Best Nurse Anesthetist Colleges by State

Explore the best nurse anesthetist schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	422	113
Georgia	370	0
North Carolina	334	23
Virginia	331	0
Tennessee	313	17
South Carolina	260	30
Alabama	258	0
Arkansas	187	31

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nurse Anesthetist

One of 23 majors within the Nursing area of study, Nurse Anesthetist has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Nurse Anesthetist

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
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	206
Nursing Practice	183
School Nursing	153
Nursing Science	142

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.