2025 Best Nurse Anesthetist Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for nurse anesthetist students pursuing a doctor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 271 doctor's degrees in nurse anesthetist to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

Your choice of nurse anesthetist 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 take this into account 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 nurse anesthetist students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of nurse anesthetist 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 nurse anesthetist related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Nurse Anesthetist Schools

The nurse anesthetist 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 Nurse Anesthetist Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nurse Anesthetist in the Southwest Region

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

Top Southwest Region Schools for a Doctorate in Nurse Anesthetist

1

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

67 Annual Graduates

Texas Christian University is a wonderful choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in nurse anesthetist. TCU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fort Worth.More information about a doctorate in nurse anesthetist from Texas Christian University

2

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

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

19 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in nurse anesthetist. Located in the large city of Houston, UTHealth is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in nurse anesthetist from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

3

Baylor University
Waco, TX

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

Baylor University is a great option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in nurse anesthetist. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in nurse anesthetist from Baylor University

Best Nurse Anesthetist Colleges by State

Explore the best nurse anesthetist colleges for a specific state in the Southwest Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	309	159
Arizona	171	20
Oklahoma	124	0

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Nurse Anesthetist Related Rankings by Major

One of 23 majors within the Nursing area of study, Nurse Anesthetist has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	856
Nursing Administration	232
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	108
Nursing Science	68
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	17
Registered Nursing	13
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	9
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	8
Clinical Nurse Specialist	4
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	4

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.