2025 Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in nursing, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 12 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 2,086 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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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 Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor'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 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 schools for nursing students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Connecticut ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

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

10 Top Connecticut Schools for a Bachelor's in Nursing

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

258 Annual Graduates

$84,969 Median Starting Salary

$31,280 Median Student Debt

University of Connecticut is a good decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in nursing. Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nursing program earn about $84,969 in the first couple years of working.

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

2

Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT

197 Annual Graduates

$91,418 Median Starting Salary

$59,866 Median Student Debt

Fairfield University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in nursing. Fairfield U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Fairfield.

Nursing bachelor's degree recipients from Fairfield University get an earnings boost of about $3,411 above the typical income of nursing majors.

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

3

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

290 Annual Graduates

$84,856 Median Starting Salary

$69,648 Median Student Debt

Quinnipiac University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in nursing. Located in the suburb of Hamden, Quinnipiac is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the nursing program report average early career income of $84,856.

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

4

Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT

252 Annual Graduates

$90,830 Median Starting Salary

$58,614 Median Student Debt

It is difficult to beat Sacred Heart University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in nursing. Sacred Heart is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Fairfield.

Bachelor's recipients from the nursing program at Sacred Heart University make $2,823 above the typical college graduate in this field when they enter the workforce.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Sacred Heart University

5

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT

157 Annual Graduates

$87,795 Median Starting Salary

$26,221 Median Student Debt

SCSU is a medium-sized public university located in the city of New Haven.

Soon after graduation, nursing bachelor's recipients generally earn around $87,795 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Southern Connecticut State University

6

University of Saint Joseph
West Hartford, CT

81 Annual Graduates

$86,555 Median Starting Salary

$35,981 Median Student Debt

USJ is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of West Hartford.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nursing program make about $86,555 in the first couple years of working.

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

7

Charter Oak State College
New Britain, CT

19 Annual Graduates

Charter Oak State College is a small public college located in the suburb of New Britain.More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Charter Oak State College

8

Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT

74 Annual Graduates

$86,600 Median Starting Salary

Located in the small city of Danbury, WestConn is a public university with a small student population.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the nursing program earn around $86,600 in the first couple years of working.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Western Connecticut State University

9

University of Hartford
West Hartford, CT

52 Annual Graduates

$106,348 Median Starting Salary

UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of West Hartford.

Bachelor's recipients from the nursing program at University of Hartford get $18,341 above the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.

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

10

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

82 Annual Graduates

$83,012 Median Starting Salary

$18,630 Median Student Debt

Located in the suburb of New Britain, CCSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.

Soon after graduating, nursing bachelor's recipients usually make an average of $83,012 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in nursing from Central Connecticut State University

Best Nursing Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	238	3,400
New Hampshire	157	1,435
Rhode Island	157	626
Maine	156	760
Vermont	155	216

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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	1,679
Nursing Administration	407

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Health Professions	320
Health Sciences & Services	270
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	203
Allied Health Professions	198
Communication Sciences	181
Health & Medical Administrative Services	111
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	77
Dental Support Services	53
Public Health	51
Mental & Social Health Services	39

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.