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 4 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for nursing practice students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 465 degrees in nursing practice to qualified students.
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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Nursing Practice Schools in Arizona list to help you make the college 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.
Grand Canyon University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in nursing practice. Grand Canyon University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix. This university ranks 5th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 295 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in nursing practice has to take a look at University of Arizona. University of Arizona is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Tucson. This university ranks 3rd out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were roughly 99 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent year we have data available.
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Arizona State University - Tempe is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in nursing practice. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 70 nursing practice students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in nursing practice has to take a look at University of Phoenix - Arizona. Located in the city of Phoenix, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #83 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UOPX - Arizona is a great university overall.More information about a degree in nursing practice from University of Phoenix - Arizona
Best Nursing Practice Colleges in the Southwest Region
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.
