2025 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

a doctor's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #111 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 88 doctor's degrees in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality psychiatric/mental health nursing program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in the Far Western US Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing.

Top Far Western US Region Schools for a Doctorate in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

1

Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Loma Linda University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Located in the suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Loma Linda University

2

Seattle University
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing needs to look into Seattle University. Seattle U is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Seattle.More information about a doctorate in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Seattle University

3

Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

16 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing has to check out Oregon Health & Science University. OHSU is a small public university located in the large city of Portland.More information about a doctorate in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from Oregon Health & Science University

Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the best psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing schools for a specific state in the Far Western US Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	381	98
Washington	216	11

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Rankings in Majors Related to Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	446
Registered Nursing	210
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	105
Nurse Anesthetist	44
Nursing Science	37
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	20
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	16
School Nursing	11
Critical Care Nursing	10
Nursing Administration	9

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.