2025 Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Schools in the New England Region
4Colleges in the New England Region
162Psychiatric/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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 162 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
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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 New England Region
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.
Top New England Region Schools in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
It's hard to beat Fairfield University if you wish to pursue a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Located in the large suburb of Fairfield, Fairfield U is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #50 out of 2,152 schools 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 data year.
MGH Institute of Health Professions is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. MGH Institute of Health Professions is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
There were about 23 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at MGH Institute of Health Professions in the most recent data year.
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.
University of Southern Maine is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. University of Southern Maine is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Portland. This university ranks 11th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were about 11 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at University of Southern Maine in the most recent year we have data available.
Husson University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing. Located in the small city of Bangor, Husson is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 8th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Maine.
There were about 26 psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing students who graduated with this degree at Husson 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).
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.
