2025 Best School Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools

a doctor's degree in school nursing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #255 out of 862 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 10 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best School Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 43 doctor's degrees in school nursing during the <nil> academic year.

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Choosing a Great School Nursing School for Your Doctor's Degree

The school nursing doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality school 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 quality 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.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to school nursing students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of school 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized school nursing related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for school nursing students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank School Nursing Schools

The school 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 School Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study School Nursing in the United States

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

10 Top Schools for a Doctorate in School Nursing

1

Duke University
Durham, NC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Duke University is a good decision for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in school nursing. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in school nursing from Duke University

2

Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Loma Linda University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a doctor's degree in school nursing. Located in the large suburb of Loma Linda, Loma Linda University is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a doctorate in school nursing from Loma Linda University

3

Molloy College
Rockville Centre, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in school nursing needs to check out Molloy College. Molloy is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Rockville Centre.More information about a doctorate in school nursing from Molloy College

4

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus
Cincinnati, OH

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in school nursing. UC is a very large public university located in the city of Cincinnati.More information about a doctorate in school nursing from University of Cincinnati - Main Campus

5

University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in school nursing from University at Buffalo

6

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the small city of New Brunswick.More information about a doctorate in school nursing from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

7

University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Iowa is a very large public university located in the city of Iowa City.More information about a doctorate in school nursing from University of Iowa

8

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

U-M is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor.More information about a doctorate in school nursing from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

9

Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

OHSU is a small public university located in the large city of Portland.More information about a doctorate in school nursing from Oregon Health & Science University

10

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

1 Annual Graduates

Wayne State is a very large public university located in the large city of Detroit.More information about a doctorate in school nursing from Wayne State University

School Nursing by Region

View the Best School Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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School Nursing Related Rankings by Major

One of 23 majors within the Nursing area of study, School Nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing Practice	7,474
Nurse Anesthetist	1,403
Registered Nursing	976
Nursing Science	927
Nursing Administration	725
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	683
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	339
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	193
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	88
Critical Care Nursing	55

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.