2025 Best Nursing Administration Schools in California
4Colleges in California
435Nursing Administration Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in nursing administration, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #85 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 4 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of nursing administration. Combined, these schools handed out 435 degrees in nursing administration to qualified students.
The nursing administration program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nursing Administration rankings. For our Best Overall Nursing Administration School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Nursing Administration Schools in California list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Nursing Administration in California
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the nursing administration degrees they offer, see the list below.
West Coast University - Orange County is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in nursing administration. Located in the city of Anaheim, West Coast University - Orange County is a private for-profit university with a small student population.
There were roughly 301 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at West Coast University - Orange County in the most recent year we have data available.
University of California - Davis is a good decision for students interested in a degree in nursing administration. Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were approximately 26 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent year we have data available.
United States University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in nursing administration. USU is a small private for-profit university located in the city of San Diego. This university ranks 34th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 29 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Vanguard University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in nursing administration. Vanguard is a small private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Costa Mesa. This university ranks 94th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 27 nursing administration students who graduated with this degree at Vanguard in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The nursing administration program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Nursing Administration rankings. For our Best Overall Nursing Administration School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
