2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Pennsylvania

If you plan on getting your master's degree in nursing practice, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #249 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 41 master's degrees in nursing practice to qualified students.

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

Your choice of school for getting your master's degree in nursing practice matters. One of the reasons we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Nursing Practice in Pennsylvania ranking is to help you make that choice.

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 Master’s Students to Study Nursing Practice in Pennsylvania

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

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

1

Misericordia University
Dallas, PA

22 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Misericordia University is a popular choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in nursing practice. Misericordia University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Dallas. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for master's degrees in nursing practice in Pennsylvania.

There were approximately 22 nursing practice individuals who graduated with this degree at Misericordia University in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a master’s in nursing practice from Misericordia University

2

Messiah University
Mechanicsburg, PA

17 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Messiah University is a popular choice for students pursuing a master's degree in nursing practice. Messiah is a small private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Mechanicsburg. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in nursing practice in Pennsylvania.

There were approximately 17 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Messiah in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in nursing practice from Messiah University

3

University of Scranton
Scranton, PA

2 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in nursing practice needs to check out University of Scranton. University of Scranton is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Scranton. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in nursing practice in Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 2 nursing practice individuals who graduated with this degree at University of Scranton in the most recent data year.

More information about a master’s in nursing practice from University of Scranton

 

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
Maryland	342	8
District of Columbia	330	8
New Jersey	323	0

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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
Registered Nursing	1,008
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	234
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing	195
Nurse Anesthetist	116
Nursing Administration	81
School Nursing	61
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	39
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	31
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	29
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	27

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.