2025 Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida

Ranked #2 in popularity, nursing is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. 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 57 schools in Florida to determine which ones were the best for nursing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 8,489 bachelor's degrees in nursing to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Nursing School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of nursing for getting your bachelor'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

The overall quality of a bachelor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other nursing students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor'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.
• Student Debt - How much debt nursing students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Nursing 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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Nursing in Florida

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for nursing students seeking a a bachelor's degree. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.

11 Top Florida Schools for a Bachelor's in Nursing

1

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL

510 Annual Graduates

$77,345 Median Starting Salary

$15,239 Median Student Debt

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a good option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nursing. Located in the city of Fort Lauderdale, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program state that they receive average early career income of $77,345.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

2

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL

245 Annual Graduates

$75,036 Median Starting Salary

$48,447 Median Student Debt

University of Miami is a great choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in nursing. Located in the large suburb of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nursing program earn around $75,036 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from University of Miami

3

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

228 Annual Graduates

$73,711 Median Starting Salary

$15,693 Median Student Debt

University of Florida is a good option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in nursing. UF is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nursing program earn an average of $73,711 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from University of Florida

4

Florida International University
Miami, FL

216 Annual Graduates

$78,671 Median Starting Salary

Florida International University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in nursing. Located in the large suburb of Miami, FIU is a public university with a very large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program state that they receive average early career earnings of $78,671.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Florida International University

5

Nova Southeastern University
Fort Lauderdale, FL

391 Annual Graduates

$77,224 Median Starting Salary

$36,867 Median Student Debt

Located in the large suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

After graduating, nursing bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $77,224 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Nova Southeastern University

6

University of South Florida - Main Campus
Tampa, FL

479 Annual Graduates

$72,879 Median Starting Salary

$11,448 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nursing program earn about $72,879 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from University of South Florida - Main Campus

7

North Florida College
Madison, FL

23 Annual Graduates

Located in the rural area of Madison, NFC is a public college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from North Florida College

8

Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL

221 Annual Graduates

$78,924 Median Starting Salary

JU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Jacksonville.

After graduating, nursing bachelor's recipients usually make about $78,924 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Jacksonville University

9

Valencia College
Orlando, FL

140 Annual Graduates

$93,751 Median Starting Salary

Valencia College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Orlando.

Those nursing students who get their bachelor's degree from Valencia College make $16,698 more than the standard nursing student.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Valencia College

10

University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

734 Annual Graduates

$73,765 Median Starting Salary

$13,806 Median Student Debt

Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program report average early career earnings of $73,765.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from University of Central Florida

11

Rasmussen University - Florida
Ocala, FL

383 Annual Graduates

$74,861 Median Starting Salary

$19,439 Median Student Debt

Located in the city of Ocala, Rasmussen University - Florida is a private for-profit university with a small student population.

After graduation, nursing bachelor's recipients typically make an average of $74,861 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Rasmussen University - Florida

Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great schools for Nursing students in the state of Florida that almost earned our Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Florida award.

Rank	College	Location
12	Barry University	Miami, FL
13	Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL
14	AdventHealth University	Orlando, FL
15	Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, FL
16	South University, Tampa	Tampa, FL
17	University of North Florida	Jacksonville, FL
18	Broward College	Fort Lauderdale, FL
19	Miami Dade College	Miami, FL

Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	224	3,954
Tennessee	220	3,180
North Carolina	213	3,488
Virginia	213	3,096
South Carolina	195	1,605
Kentucky	187	2,530
Alabama	184	2,607
Louisiana	171	1,963
Mississippi	169	1,307
Arkansas	167	1,371
West Virginia	147	774

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nursing

Nursing is one of 34 different types of Health Professions programs to choose from.

Nursing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	8,431
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	32
Nursing Science	24
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	2

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health Sciences & Services	3,990
Public Health	1,137
Health & Medical Administrative Services	1,052
Communication Sciences	530
Allied Health Professions	259
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	246
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	118
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	110
Alternative Medicine & Systems	107
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	41

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.