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2023 Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Master's Degree School for You

With 84,274 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, practical nursing and nursing assistants is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Nursing & Nursing Assistants Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Nursing Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Holy Names University

Oakland, CA

Our analysis found Holy Names University to be the most popular school for practical nursing and nursing assistants students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Located in the city of Oakland, HNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#1

Barry University

Miami, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Barry University the most popular school in the United States for practical nursing and nursing assistants students working on their master’s degree. Barry University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami.

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Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants by Region

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Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Practical Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training 44,900
Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide 34,557
Other Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants 4,817

Related Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 322,592

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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