2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in the New England Region

Registered Nursing is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #27 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the most popular for registered nursing students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 78 doctor's degrees in registered nursing during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Registered Nursing School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your doctor's degree in registered nursing matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Registered Nursing in the New England Region ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of registered nursing students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Registered Nursing Schools

This ranking is just one of the many we have created. First of all, if you are interested in other degree levels, you may want to take a look at one of the rankings highlighted above. Also, if you are interested in attending school in a specific part of the country, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for registered nursing.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Registered Nursing in the New England Region

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in registered nursing.

Most Well Attended Schools for Registered Nursing Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network
Boston, MA

44 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In MA

#3 Best Quality In MA

Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a popular option for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in registered nursing. Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for doctor's degrees in registered nursing in Massachusetts.

There were approximately 44 registered nursing individuals who graduated with this degree at Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network in the most recent data year.

More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from Northeastern University Professional Advancement Network

2

Yale University
New Haven, CT

18 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In CT

#1 Best Quality In CT

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in registered nursing needs to take a look at Yale University. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in registered nursing in Connecticut. More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from Yale University

3

Regis College
Weston, MA

12 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In MA

#2 Best Quality In MA

Regis College is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in registered nursing. Regis College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Weston. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in registered nursing in Massachusetts.

There were approximately 12 registered nursing individuals who graduated with this degree at Regis College in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from Regis College

4

Northeastern University
Boston, MA

4 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#3 Most Popular In MA

#1 Best Quality In MA

Northeastern University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in registered nursing. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in registered nursing in Massachusetts.

There were approximately 4 registered nursing students who graduated with this degree at Northeastern in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from Northeastern University

5

Simmons University
Boston, MA

#4 Most Popular In MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Simmons is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston. More information about a doctorate in registered nursing from Simmons University

 

Best Registered Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the most popular registered nursing schools for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	274	80

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Registered Nursing Related Rankings by Major

One of 22 majors within the Nursing area of study, Registered Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	210
Nurse Anesthetist	55
Nursing Science	54
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	34
Nursing Administration	9
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	7
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	3
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	2
School Nursing	1

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.