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2023 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New Hampshire

5 Colleges
$98,290 Avg Salary
$50,801 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in New Hampshire with 2,129 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022.

Today's nursing students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New Hampshire to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in New Hampshire to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for nursing students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire

The colleges and universities below are the best for nursing majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top New Hampshire Schools for a Master's in Nursing

#1

Rivier University

Nashua, NH

Our analysis found Rivier University to be the best school for nursing students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New Hampshire. Rivier is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Nashua.

On average, nursing graduates from Rivier take out $37,609 in student loans while working on their Master's Degree.

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#2

Granite State College

Concord, NH

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Granite State College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Located in the fringe town of Concord, GSC is a public college with a small student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in New Hampshire. UNH is a large public school located in the suburb of Durham.

On average, nursing graduates from UNH take out $39,326 in student loans while working on their Master's Degree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Franklin Pierce University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire list. Located in the rural area of Rindge, Franklin Pierce is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Southern New Hampshire University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in New Hampshire. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester.

On average, nursing graduates from SNHU take out $43,320 in student loans while working on their Master's Degree.

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 6,626
Vermont 390
Connecticut 3,058
Maine 1,262
Rhode Island 1,091

Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 262,974
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,647
Nursing Practice 8,862
Nursing Administration 8,663
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 4,717
Nursing Science 4,701
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,895
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,075
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 2,011
Nurse Anesthetist 1,768
Critical Care Nursing 747
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 622
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 567
School Nursing 539
Clinical Nurse Leader 502
Clinical Nurse Specialist 340
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 269
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing 262
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 192
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 87
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 26
Forensic Nursing 23
Palliative Care Nursing 13

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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