2025 Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a doctor's degree in adult health nurse/nursing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #190 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 40 doctor's degrees in adult health nurse/nursing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Adult Health Nurse/Nursing School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of adult health nurse/nursing for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to adult health nurse/nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of adult health nurse/nursing students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized adult health nurse/nursing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for adult health nurse/nursing students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Adult Health Nurse/Nursing in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in adult health nurse/nursing.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Adult Health Nursing

1

New York University
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat New York University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in adult health nurse/nursing. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in adult health nurse/nursing from New York University

2

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

University at Buffalo is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in adult health nurse/nursing. University at Buffalo is a very large public university located in the large suburb of Buffalo.More information about a doctorate in adult health nurse/nursing from University at Buffalo

3

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in adult health nurse/nursing needs to take a look at Hofstra University. Hofstra is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Hempstead.More information about a doctorate in adult health nurse/nursing from Hofstra University

4

Hunter College
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Hunter College is a good decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in adult health nurse/nursing. Hunter is a very large public college located in the city of New York.More information about a doctorate in adult health nurse/nursing from Hunter College

Best Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the best adult health nurse/nursing schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	24
Pennsylvania	311	0

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Adult Health Nurse/Nursing Related Rankings by Major

Adult Health Nurse/Nursing is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	615
Nursing Science	294
Registered Nursing	231
Nurse Anesthetist	206
Nursing Administration	159
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	78
Clinical Nurse Specialist	31
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	27
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	22
Critical Care Nursing	14

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.