2025 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Nevada

Nursing is of the hottest master's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Nevada to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of nursing. Combined, these schools handed out 117 master'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 Master's Degree

Your choice of nursing for getting your master'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 master's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking which itself looks at a host 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 master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master'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 master'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 master'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 colleges for nursing students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Nursing Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Nevada ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Nursing in Nevada

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

Top Nevada Schools for a Master's in Nursing

1

Roseman University of Health Sciences
Henderson, NV

16 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in nursing has to take a look at Roseman University of Health Sciences. Roseman University of Health Sciences is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Henderson.More information about a master’s in nursing from Roseman University of Health Sciences

2

Touro University Nevada
Henderson, NV

44 Annual Graduates

$129,957 Median Starting Salary

Touro University Nevada is a great decision for individuals pursuing a master's degree in nursing. Located in the large city of Henderson, Touro University Nevada is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Those nursing students who get their master's degree from Touro University Nevada make $10,236 more than the standard nursing grad.

More information about a master’s in nursing from Touro University Nevada

3

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV

22 Annual Graduates

$116,392 Median Starting Salary

University of Nevada - Reno is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in nursing. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public university with a very large student population.

Master's graduates who receive their degree from the nursing program earn about $116,392 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a master’s in nursing from University of Nevada - Reno

4

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

35 Annual Graduates

$112,814 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in nursing needs to look into University of Nevada - Las Vegas. Located in the city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their master's from the nursing program report average early career earnings of $112,814.

More information about a master’s in nursing from University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Best Nursing Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Nursing Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	253	3,048
Washington	183	201
Oregon	158	26
Hawaii	85	29
Alaska	52	14

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Rankings in Majors Related to Nursing

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nursing Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Science	44
Registered Nursing	35
Nursing Administration	22
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	16

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Health	107
Allied Health Professions	99
Communication Sciences	62
Health Sciences & Services	35
Mental & Social Health Services	29
Health & Medical Administrative Services	21
Alternative Medicine & Systems	10
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	6
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	3
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	1

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.