2025 Best Nursing Practice Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States 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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for nursing practice students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 371 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

The nursing practice school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Nursing Practice Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

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

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Nursing Practice

1

Concordia University, Saint Paul
Saint Paul, MN

331 Annual Graduates

Concordia University, Saint Paul is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in nursing practice. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in nursing practice from Concordia University, Saint Paul

2

Columbia College
Columbia, MO

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in nursing practice has to look into Columbia College. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Columbia College Missouri is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in nursing practice from Columbia College

Best Nursing Practice Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	475	44
Minnesota	446	415
Iowa	403	5

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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	15,171
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	487
Nursing Administration	96
Nursing Science	33

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.