2025 Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in nursing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 62 schools in Texas to determine which ones were the best for nursing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 11,886 bachelor's degrees in nursing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Nursing School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of nursing for getting your bachelor'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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt nursing students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for nursing students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Nursing Schools

The nursing school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Nursing in Texas

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in nursing. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

12 Top Texas Schools for a Bachelor's in Nursing

1

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX

915 Annual Graduates

$77,083 Median Starting Salary

$28,809 Median Student Debt

It is hard to beat Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in nursing. TTUHSC is a small public university located in the large city of Lubbock.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nursing program earn an average of $77,083 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

2

The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX

312 Annual Graduates

$80,433 Median Starting Salary

$22,760 Median Student Debt

The University of Texas Medical Branch is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in nursing. Located in the city of Galveston, UTMB Galveston is a public university with a small student population.

Those nursing students who get their bachelor's degree from The University of Texas Medical Branch make $2,537 more than the average nursing student.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from The University of Texas Medical Branch

3

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX

349 Annual Graduates

$82,043 Median Starting Salary

$18,000 Median Student Debt

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in nursing. Located in the city of Houston, UTHealth is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Nursing bachelor's degree recipients from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston get an earnings boost of about $4,147 above the average income of nursing graduates.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

4

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, TX

289 Annual Graduates

$70,826 Median Starting Salary

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a great decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in nursing. Located in the large city of San Antonio, UT Health San Antonio is a public university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program state that they receive average early career earnings of $70,826.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

5

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX

169 Annual Graduates

$77,808 Median Starting Salary

$78,467 Median Student Debt

TCU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Fort Worth.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the nursing program earn around $77,808 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Texas Christian University

6

The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX

2,652 Annual Graduates

$85,513 Median Starting Salary

$12,577 Median Student Debt

UT Arlington is a very large public university located in the city of Arlington.

Bachelor's recipients from the nursing degree program at The University of Texas at Arlington earn $7,617 above the standard college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from The University of Texas at Arlington

7

West Coast University - Dallas
Richardson, TX

277 Annual Graduates

$95,859 Median Starting Salary

$62,391 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of Richardson, West Coast University - Dallas is a private for-profit university with a small student population.

Those nursing students who get their bachelor's degree from West Coast University - Dallas make $17,963 more than the average nursing graduate.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from West Coast University - Dallas

8

The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

118 Annual Graduates

$75,095 Median Starting Salary

$21,478 Median Student Debt

UT Austin is a very large public university located in the city of Austin.

After graduation, nursing bachelor's recipients usually make about $75,095 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from The University of Texas at Austin

9

Baylor University
Waco, TX

362 Annual Graduates

$75,213 Median Starting Salary

$64,721 Median Student Debt

Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program report average early career wages of $75,213.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Baylor University

10

Texas A&M University - College Station
College Station, TX

275 Annual Graduates

$78,297 Median Starting Salary

$25,386 Median Student Debt

Texas A&M College Station is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

After graduating, nursing bachelor's recipients typically make around $78,297 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Texas A&M University - College Station

11

Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX

474 Annual Graduates

$76,344 Median Starting Salary

$9,934 Median Student Debt

TWU is a large public university located in the city of Denton.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program state that they receive average early career earnings of $76,344.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Texas Woman’s University

12

The University of Texas at Tyler
Tyler, TX

582 Annual Graduates

$73,963 Median Starting Salary

$13,446 Median Student Debt

Located in the midsize city of Tyler, UT Tyler is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nursing program make about $73,963 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from The University of Texas at Tyler

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Nursing students in the state of Texas that almost earned our Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Texas award.

Rank	College	Location
13	South Texas College	McAllen, TX
14	The University of Texas at El Paso	El Paso, TX
15	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	Edinburg, TX
16	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - El Paso	El Paso, TX
17	University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, TX
18	San Jacinto Community College	Pasadena, TX
19	Chamberlain University - Texas	Houston, TX
20	MSU Texas	Wichita Falls, TX

Best Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Arizona	200	7,361
Oklahoma	190	1,534
New Mexico	133	741

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nursing

Nursing is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Nursing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	11,872
Clinical Nurse Specialist	14

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health Sciences & Services	1,921
Public Health	1,368
Communication Sciences	946
Health & Medical Administrative Services	782
Allied Health Professions	459
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	384
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	313
Health/Medical Prep Programs	206
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	183
Dental Support Services	166

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.