2025 Best Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

If you pursue a doctor's degree in nursing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #5 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of nursing. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 250 doctor's degrees in nursing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Nursing School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of nursing for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality nursing program can vary widely even among the top schools. 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 good 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.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of nursing students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for nursing to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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 doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The nursing 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 Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Nursing in New Jersey

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in nursing.

Top New Jersey Schools for a Doctorate in Nursing

1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

156 Annual Graduates

$133,934 Median Starting Salary

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a great option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in nursing. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the nursing program earn about $133,934 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a doctorate in nursing from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

2

Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ

12 Annual Graduates

Seton Hall University is a great choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in nursing. Seton Hall is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of South Orange.More information about a doctorate in nursing from Seton Hall University

3

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck, NJ

25 Annual Graduates

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus is a good decision for students pursuing a doctor's degree in nursing. Located in the suburb of Teaneck, FDU is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing from Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

4

Rutgers University - Camden
Camden, NJ

21 Annual Graduates

$133,934 Median Starting Salary

Rutgers University - Camden is a wonderful option for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in nursing. Rutgers Camden is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Camden.

Doctorate graduates who receive their degree from the nursing program make an average of $133,934 for their early career.

More information about a doctorate in nursing from Rutgers University - Camden

5

Thomas Edison State University
Trenton, NJ

12 Annual Graduates

Located in the small city of Trenton, TESU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in nursing from Thomas Edison State University

Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	483
New York	174	302
Maryland	119	248
District of Columbia	81	52
Delaware	53	44

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Nursing Related Rankings by Major

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

Nursing Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Science	190
Nursing Practice	57
School Nursing	3

Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	721
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	259
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	203
Dentistry	127
Communication Sciences	22
Other Health Professions	14
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	10
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	7
Medical Illustration & Informatics	6
Public Health	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.