2025 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Schools
63Colleges in the United States
2,895Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Degrees Awarded
A degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #409 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 63 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,895 degrees in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing annually.
Choosing a Great Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing School
The psychiatric/mental health nursing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing rankings. For our Best Overall Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
Pick Your Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degree Level
The psychiatric/mental health nursing 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 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Schools.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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Best Schools for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the psychiatric/mental health nursing degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
12 Top Schools in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
University of Pennsylvania is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were approximately 19 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
New York University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. NYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 28 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
With the affordable and transfer-friendly online RN to BSN program at Southern New Hampshire University, you can build upon your prior educational journey and enhance your professional experience in a program designed to fit around your schedule.
Every student who is interested in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing needs to check out Duke University. Duke is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Durham. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were roughly 29 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #25 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 29 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 17 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Seattle U in the most recent data year.
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TTUHSC is a small public university located in the city of Lubbock.
There were roughly 15 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at TTUHSC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Cleveland, Case Western is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #116 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Case Western is a great university overall.
There were roughly 7 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Case Western in the most recent year we have data available.
47Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Degrees Awarded
SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Stony Brook. This university ranks 14th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 47 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent year we have data available.
47Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Degrees Awarded
Located in the large suburb of Rockville Centre, Molloy is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #98 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Molloy is a great college overall.
There were approximately 47 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Molloy in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Fairfield, Fairfield U is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #50 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Fairfield U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 13 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Fairfield U in the most recent year we have data available.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Schools award.
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 psychiatric/mental health nursing program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing rankings. For our Best Overall Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
