If you pursue a degree in nursing practice, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #105 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Practice Schools in Michigan ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 117 degrees in nursing practice annually.
The nursing practice program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nursing Practice rankings. For our Best Overall Nursing Practice School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Schools in Michigan list, to help you choose the best school for you.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the nursing practice degrees they offer, see the list below.
Michigan State University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in nursing practice. Located in the small city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were about 57 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Wayne State University if you wish to pursue a degree in nursing practice. Wayne State is a very large public university located in the city of Detroit. This university ranks 9th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 13 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Wayne State in the most recent data year.
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Oakland University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in nursing practice. Oakland is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Rochester Hills. This university ranks 10th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 26 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Oakland in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The nursing practice program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nursing Practice rankings. For our Best Overall Nursing Practice School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
