2025 Best Registered Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Registered Nursing is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #25 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 2 schools in Massachusetts 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 117 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 full 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

The registered 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 Registered Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Registered Nursing in Massachusetts

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in registered nursing.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Doctorate in Registered Nursing

1

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in registered nursing needs to look into Northeastern University. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from Northeastern University

2

Regis College
Weston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

106 Annual Graduates

Regis College is a good option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in registered nursing. Located in the large suburb of Weston, Regis College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from Regis College

Best Registered Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Connecticut	138	19

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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.

Majors Similar to Registered Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	191
Nursing Science	33
Nurse Anesthetist	23
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	20
Nursing Administration	12
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	3
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	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.