About Nursing School Rankings
An independent guide to US nursing programs, built on public data and a published formula.
Nursing School Rankings helps people choose a nursing program using numbers that matter after graduation: how many graduates pass the NCLEX on their first try, what the program costs, what graduates earn, and whether the program is accredited.
Why we built it
Most nursing school rankings lean on reputation surveys or on formulas they do not publish. Many skip community colleges and practical nursing programs entirely, even though that is where a large share of nurses start. We wanted a guide that covers every route into nursing, from LPN certificates to graduate degrees, and that shows its working.
How we work
- Public data only. Our figures come from the US Department of Education, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, state boards of nursing, NCSBN and the nursing accreditors. Each source is listed on our data sources page.
- One published formula. Every ranking uses the method on how we rank programs.
- Dated numbers. Every figure shows the year it covers, so you can tell how current it is.
- Corrections. Schools and readers can report an error, and we fix confirmed mistakes.
How the site is funded
The site carries no advertising today. As it grows we expect to add display ads and affiliate links to products such as NCLEX prep courses. When we do, those pages will say so, and no payment will change a program’s rank. If we ever list sponsored schools, they will be labelled “Sponsored” and kept apart from the rankings.
This domain’s history
A different owner ran a nursing education guide at this address from about 2011 to 2022. That site closed, and the domain was registered again in 2026. Everything here is new: we have not reused any text, images or data from the earlier site. Where an old address had links pointing to it, we either built a new page on the same topic at that address or redirected it to the closest current page.
Contact
Questions, corrections and feedback go to the contact page.