2025 Best School Nursing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
9Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
143School Nursing Degrees Awarded
A degree in school nursing is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #581 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for school nursing students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 143 degrees in school nursing to qualified students.
Your choice of school nursing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall School Nursing School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best School Nursing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for School Nursing in the Middle Atlantic Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the school nursing degree levels they offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in School Nursing
University of Pennsylvania is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in school nursing. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were roughly 44 school nursing students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in school nursing has to take a look at New York University. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #16 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NYU is a great university overall.
There were about 15 school nursing students who graduated with this degree at NYU in the most recent year we have data available.
Stony Brook University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in school nursing. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 44 school nursing students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Stony Brook in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Molloy College if you wish to pursue a degree in school nursing. Molloy is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of Rockville Centre. This college ranks 10th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 7 school nursing students who graduated with this degree at Molloy in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #82 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means University of Rochester is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 school nursing students who graduated with this degree at University of Rochester in the most recent year we have data available.
With the affordable and transfer-friendly online RN to BSN program at Southern New Hampshire University, you can build upon your prior educational journey and enhance your professional experience in a program designed to fit around your schedule.
Seton Hall is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of South Orange. This university ranks 9th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 6 school nursing students who graduated with this degree at Seton Hall in the most recent year we have data available.
Gwynedd - Mercy is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Gwynedd Valley. This university ranks 26th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 3 school nursing students who graduated with this degree at Gwynedd - Mercy in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of school nursing school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall School Nursing School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
