2025 Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 23 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,782 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

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. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

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 include a school's overall Best Colleges 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.

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

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

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 New Jersey

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

10 Top New Jersey Schools for a Bachelor's in Nursing

1

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

333 Annual Graduates

$87,594 Median Starting Salary

$21,756 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in nursing has to look into Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program state that they receive average early career income of $87,594.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

2

Rutgers University - Camden
Camden, NJ

267 Annual Graduates

$87,594 Median Starting Salary

$21,756 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in nursing needs to take a look at Rutgers University - Camden. Located in the city of Camden, Rutgers Camden is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program report average early career earnings of $87,594.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Rutgers University - Camden

3

Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ

117 Annual Graduates

$91,908 Median Starting Salary

$46,743 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat Seton Hall University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in nursing. Located in the suburb of South Orange, Seton Hall is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Soon after graduating, nursing bachelor's recipients usually earn an average of $91,908 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Seton Hall University

4

The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ

67 Annual Graduates

$85,986 Median Starting Salary

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in nursing needs to look into The College of New Jersey. TCNJ is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of Ewing.

After graduation, nursing bachelor's recipients generally earn around $85,986 in their early careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from The College of New Jersey

5

William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ

419 Annual Graduates

$92,257 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public university with a medium-sized student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the nursing program make around $92,257 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from William Paterson University of New Jersey

6

Felician University
Lodi, NJ

210 Annual Graduates

$95,990 Median Starting Salary

$30,925 Median Student Debt

Located in the suburb of Lodi, Felician is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

Nursing bachelor's degree recipients from Felician University get an earnings boost of approximately $4,981 over the average earnings of nursing majors.

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

7

Ramapo College of New Jersey
Mahwah, NJ

126 Annual Graduates

$95,153 Median Starting Salary

$25,728 Median Student Debt

Located in the large suburb of Mahwah, Ramapo College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Those nursing students who get their bachelor's degree from Ramapo College of New Jersey earn $4,144 more than the typical nursing grad.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Ramapo College of New Jersey

8

Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ

27 Annual Graduates

$88,812 Median Starting Salary

Located in the suburb of West Long Branch, Monmouth is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

After graduation, nursing bachelor's recipients usually earn an average of $88,812 in their early careers.

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

9

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck, NJ

39 Annual Graduates

$91,523 Median Starting Salary

FDU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Teaneck.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program state that they receive average early career wages of $91,523.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

10

New Jersey City University
Jersey City, NJ

108 Annual Graduates

$90,730 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Jersey City, NJCU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Soon after graduation, nursing bachelor's recipients generally earn about $90,730 in the first five years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from New Jersey City 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
New York	275	7,888
Pennsylvania	274	6,351
Maryland	207	1,716
Delaware	130	768
District of Columbia	126	456

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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	2,554
Nursing Science	156
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	72

Most Popular Majors Related to Nursing

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health Sciences & Services	697
Public Health	571
Allied Health Professions	114
Other Health Professions	102
Health & Medical Administrative Services	95
Communication Sciences	76
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	66
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	57
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	48
Mental & Social Health Services	29

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.