2025 Best Nursing Practice Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you pursue a doctor's degree in nursing practice, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #7 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 11 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Practice Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 279 doctor's degrees in nursing practice during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Nursing Practice School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of nursing practice 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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 nursing practice students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nursing practice 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 nursing practice related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for nursing practice 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 Nursing Practice Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nursing Practice in the New England Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for nursing practice students seeking a a doctor's degree.

10 Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Nursing Practice

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Connecticut if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing practice. Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from University of Connecticut

2

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28 Annual Graduates

Boston College is a good choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in nursing practice. Boston College is a fairly large private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chestnut Hill.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from Boston College

3

MGH Institute of Health Professions
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat MGH Institute of Health Professions if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing practice. Located in the large city of Boston, MGH Institute of Health Professions is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from MGH Institute of Health Professions

4

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

40 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in nursing practice needs to take a look at Quinnipiac University. Located in the large suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from Quinnipiac University

5

Simmons University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

27 Annual Graduates

Simmons is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from Simmons University

6

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus
Durham, NH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

UNH is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Durham.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

7

Elms College
Chicopee, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Located in the large suburb of Chicopee, Elms College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from Elms College

8

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from University of Rhode Island

9

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from University of Massachusetts Amherst

10

University of Massachusetts - Boston
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

UMass Boston is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Boston.More information about a doctorate in nursing practice from University of Massachusetts - Boston

Best Nursing Practice Colleges by State

Explore the best nursing practice colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	284	168
Connecticut	138	22
Rhode Island	119	2
New Hampshire	56	15
Maine	53	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nursing Practice

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

Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing Practice

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	143
Nursing Science	82
Nurse Anesthetist	62
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	50
Nursing Administration	29
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	15
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	3
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	2

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.