2025 Best Registered Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

Ranked #25 in popularity, registered nursing is one of the most sought-after doctor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for registered nursing students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 40 doctor's degrees in registered nursing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to registered nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of registered nursing students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized registered nursing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for registered nursing students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Registered Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Registered Nursing in New York

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for registered nursing students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Registered Nursing

1

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in registered nursing needs to check out University at Buffalo. University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo.More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from University at Buffalo

2

Pace University - New York
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

9 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in registered nursing needs to take a look at Pace University - New York. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from Pace University - New York

Best Registered Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Registered Nursing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	311	148
Maryland	190	7
New Jersey	165	0
District of Columbia	143	8

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Rankings in Majors Related to Registered Nursing

Registered Nursing is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	138
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	71
Nursing Science	48
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	40
Nurse Anesthetist	25
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	22
Critical Care Nursing	14
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	4
School Nursing	3
Nursing Administration	2

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.