2025 Best Nursing Practice Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in nursing practice, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #228 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Practice Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 81 bachelor's degrees in nursing practice during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to nursing practice students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of nursing practice students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing practice related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Nursing Practice Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Nursing Practice Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Nursing Practice in the Southeast Region

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

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Nursing Practice

1

Brenau University
Gainesville, GA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

70 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Brenau University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in nursing practice. Brenau is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Gainesville.More information about a bachelor’s in nursing practice from Brenau University

2

Sentara College of Health Sciences
Chesapeake, VA

9 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in nursing practice needs to check out Sentara College of Health Sciences. Located in the city of Chesapeake, Sentara College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in nursing practice from Sentara College of Health Sciences

Best Nursing Practice Colleges by State

Explore the best nursing practice schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Tennessee	460	3
Georgia	453	144
Virginia	421	19

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Nursing Practice Related Rankings by Major

Nursing Practice is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	32,525
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	79
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	46
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	24
Nursing Science	24
Nursing Administration	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.