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2023 Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New Hampshire

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$98,140 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was the most popular one in New Hampshire. In total, 2,129 people earned a degree or certificate in the field from a school in New Hampshire.

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 Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New Hampshire to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in New Hampshire to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Southern New Hampshire University the most popular school in New Hampshire for nursing students working on their master’s degree. SNHU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Manchester.

Of the 137 students majoring in nursing at SNHU, 5% are male and 95% are female.

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#2

Rivier University

Nashua, NH

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Rivier University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in New Hampshire. Rivier is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Nashua.

About 88% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 12% are male.

Full Nursing at Rivier University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree. UNH is a large public school located in the suburb of Durham.

Women make up 82% of the nursing majors at the school.

Full Nursing at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Franklin Pierce University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular 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.

Of the 15 students majoring in nursing at Franklin Pierce, 13% are male and 87% are female.

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#5

Granite State College

Concord, NH

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Granite State College is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Concord, GSC is a public college with a small student population.

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#6

Colby - Sawyer College

New London, NH

Colby - Sawyer College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree nursing programs. Located in the rural area of New London, Colby - Sawyer is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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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 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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