2025 Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nevada

Nursing is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #2 most popular major in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in Nevada to determine which ones were the best for nursing students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,499 bachelor's degrees in nursing during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Nursing School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The nursing bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. 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

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges 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 bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 bachelor'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 bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized nursing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for nursing students working on their bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nevada.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

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

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

Top Nevada Schools for a Bachelor's in Nursing

1

Roseman University of Health Sciences
Henderson, NV

314 Annual Graduates

$85,166 Median Starting Salary

$50,679 Median Student Debt

Roseman University of Health Sciences is a good decision for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in nursing. Located in the large city of Henderson, Roseman University of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program state that they receive average early career earnings of $85,166.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Roseman University of Health Sciences

2

University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV

180 Annual Graduates

$85,733 Median Starting Salary

$49,448 Median Student Debt

University of Nevada - Reno is a great option for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in nursing. UNR is a very large public university located in the city of Reno.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program report average early career income of $85,733.

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

3

University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

224 Annual Graduates

$83,327 Median Starting Salary

$19,949 Median Student Debt

University of Nevada - Las Vegas is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in nursing. UNLV is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program state that they receive average early career income of $83,327.

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

4

Touro University Nevada
Henderson, NV

14 Annual Graduates

$100,956 Median Starting Salary

It is hard to beat Touro University Nevada if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in nursing. Touro University Nevada is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Henderson.

Those nursing students who get their bachelor's degree from Touro University Nevada receive $16,002 more than the typical nursing student.

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

5

Chamberlain University - Nevada
Las Vegas, NV

170 Annual Graduates

$83,188 Median Starting Salary

$23,778 Median Student Debt

Located in the large city of Las Vegas, Chamberlain - Nevada is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program state that they receive average early career income of $83,188.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Chamberlain University - Nevada

6

Nevada State College
Henderson, NV

362 Annual Graduates

$85,585 Median Starting Salary

Located in the rural area of Henderson, NSC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Soon after graduating, nursing bachelor's recipients typically earn an average of $85,585 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Nevada State College

7

Great Basin College
Elko, NV

26 Annual Graduates

$70,512 Median Starting Salary

Located in the town of Elko, Great Basin College is a public college with a small student population.

Soon after graduating, nursing bachelor's recipients usually earn an average of $70,512 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Great Basin College

8

Arizona College - Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV

196 Annual Graduates

$85,169 Median Starting Salary

Arizona College - Las Vegas is a small private for-profit college located in the suburb of Las Vegas.

Soon after graduation, nursing bachelor's recipients usually earn about $85,169 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Arizona College - 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	262	8,885
Washington	226	1,465
Oregon	185	825
Hawaii	112	354
Alaska	75	160

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Nursing Related Rankings by Major

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

Nursing Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing	1,499

Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Public Health	311
Communication Sciences	74
Allied Health Professions	64
Health & Medical Administrative Services	56
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	27
Dental Support Services	18
Health/Medical Prep Programs	11
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	8
Health Sciences & Services	6

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.