2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in New York

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

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in New York to determine which ones were the most popular for nursing practice students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 127 doctor's degrees in nursing practice during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Nursing Practice School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in nursing practice matters. We created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in New York 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 nursing practice students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

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. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for nursing practice.

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nursing Practice in New York

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in nursing practice.

Most Well Attended Schools for Nursing Practice Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY

107 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Columbia University in the City of New York is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in nursing practice. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing practice in New York.

There were about 107 nursing practice individuals who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from Columbia University in the City of New York

2

Dominican College of Blauvelt
Orangeburg, NY

10 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Dominican College of Blauvelt if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing practice. Dominican College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Orangeburg. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #4 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing practice in New York.

There were about 10 nursing practice individuals who graduated with this degree at Dominican College in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from Dominican College of Blauvelt

3

Wagner College
Staten Island, NY

8 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Wagner College is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in nursing practice. Located in the city of Staten Island, Wagner is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing practice in New York.

There were approximately 8 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Wagner in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from Wagner College

4

St. John Fisher College
Rochester, NY

2 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at St. John Fisher College if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing practice. Located in the suburb of Rochester, Fisher is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in nursing practice in New York.

There were about 2 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Fisher in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from St. John Fisher College

5

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Brooklyn, NY

SUNY Downstate is a small public university located in the city of Brooklyn. More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

 

Best Nursing Practice Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Practice Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	303	211
Maryland	179	136
New Jersey	158	32
District of Columbia	144	14
Delaware	48	33

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nursing Practice

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

Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing Practice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	58
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	41
Nursing Science	31
Nurse Anesthetist	17
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	5
Critical Care Nursing	4
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	4
School Nursing	3
Nursing Administration	3
Clinical Nurse Leader	2

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.