2025 Best Critical Care Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Critical Care Nursing isn't the most popular doctorate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #424 in popularity out of 862 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Critical Care Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 25 doctor's degrees in critical care nursing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to critical care nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other critical care nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized critical care nursing related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Critical Care Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Critical Care Nursing in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in critical care nursing.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Critical Care Nursing

1

Winona State University
Winona, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in critical care nursing has to take a look at Winona State University. Winona State is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Winona.More information about a doctorate in critical care nursing from Winona State University

2

Maryville University of Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Maryville University of Saint Louis is a great choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in critical care nursing. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in critical care nursing from Maryville University of Saint Louis

Best Critical Care Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the best critical care nursing schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	199	3
Missouri	175	6
Nebraska	99	0

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Critical Care Nursing Related Rankings by Major

Critical Care Nursing is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Critical Care Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	927
Nurse Anesthetist	250
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	146
Nursing Administration	135
Nursing Science	119
Registered Nursing	34
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	22
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	14
School Nursing	13
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing	10

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.