2025 Best Nurse Anesthetist Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you pursue a doctor's degree in nurse anesthetist, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #28 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nurse Anesthetist Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 154 doctor's degrees in nurse anesthetist during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Nurse Anesthetist School for Your Doctor's Degree

The nurse anesthetist doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality nurse anesthetist program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

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

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on nurse anesthetist students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nurse anesthetist 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 nurse anesthetist related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for nurse anesthetist 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 Nurse Anesthetist Doctor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nurse Anesthetist in Pennsylvania

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for nurse anesthetist students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Doctorate in Nurse Anesthetist

1

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in nurse anesthetist needs to check out University of Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in nurse anesthetist from University of Pennsylvania

2

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus
Pittsburgh, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

43 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in nurse anesthetist. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in nurse anesthetist from University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus

3

La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

La Salle University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in nurse anesthetist. La Salle is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a doctorate in nurse anesthetist from La Salle University

4

University of Scranton
Scranton, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

24 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Scranton if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in nurse anesthetist. University of Scranton is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Scranton.More information about a doctorate in nurse anesthetist from University of Scranton

5

Saint Vincent College
Latrobe, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

30 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Latrobe, Saint Vincent is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in nurse anesthetist from Saint Vincent College

6

Cedar Crest College
Allentown, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Cedar Crest is a small private not-for-profit college located in the midsize city of Allentown.More information about a doctorate in nurse anesthetist from Cedar Crest College

Best Nurse Anesthetist Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Nurse Anesthetist Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	366	18
District of Columbia	143	22

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nurse Anesthetist

Nurse Anesthetist is one of 23 different types of Nursing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	218
Registered Nursing	148
Nursing Science	35
Clinical Nurse Specialist	31
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	23
Nursing Administration	13
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	7
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	5

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.