Nursing Practice is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #105 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Alabama to determine which ones were the best for nursing practice students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 386 degrees in nursing practice annually.
Your choice of nursing practice school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nursing practice schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Nursing Practice Schools in Alabama ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the nursing practice degree levels they offer.
It's hard to beat Samford University if you want to pursue a degree in nursing practice. Samford is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Birmingham. A Best Colleges rank of #311 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Samford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Samford in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat University of Alabama at Birmingham if you wish to pursue a degree in nursing practice. UAB is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham. A Best Colleges rank of #299 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UAB is a great university overall.
There were approximately 124 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent data year.
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University of South Alabama is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in nursing practice. Located in the city of Mobile, USA is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.More information about a degree in nursing practice from University of South Alabama
It's hard to beat The University of Alabama if you wish to pursue a degree in nursing practice. Located in the city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #180 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 49 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent year we have data available.
UAH is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Huntsville. This university ranks 17th out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were roughly 19 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at UAH in the most recent year we have data available.
Jacksonville State University is a medium-sized public university located in the small suburb of Jacksonville. This university ranks 25th out of 42 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 36 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Jacksonville State University in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Troy, TROY is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 24th out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were approximately 23 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at TROY in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of nursing practice school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for nursing practice schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
