2025 Best Nursing Science Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

Nursing Science is of the hottest doctor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #29 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Science Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 48 doctor's degrees in nursing science during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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

Your choice of nursing science for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality nursing science program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various 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 much a school focuses on nursing science students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nursing science students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing science related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Nursing Science Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Nursing Science Doctor's Degree Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nursing Science in New York

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in nursing science.

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Nursing Science

1

New York University
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in nursing science has to check out New York University. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in nursing science from New York University

2

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University at Buffalo if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in nursing science. University at Buffalo is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Buffalo.More information about a doctorate in nursing science from University at Buffalo

3

Binghamton University
Vestal, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Binghamton University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in nursing science. Binghamton University is a fairly large public university located in the midsize suburb of Vestal.More information about a doctorate in nursing science from Binghamton University

4

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

The Graduate Center, CUNY is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in nursing science. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in nursing science from The Graduate Center, CUNY

Best Nursing Science Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	311	14
Maryland	190	4
New Jersey	165	183
District of Columbia	143	4
Delaware	63	1

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Nursing Science Related Rankings by Major

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

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	138
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	71
Registered Nursing	40
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	40
Nurse Anesthetist	25
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	22
Critical Care Nursing	14
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	4
School Nursing	3
Nursing Administration	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.