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2023 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region

43 Colleges
$98,140 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You

With 66,964 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, nursing is the #2 most popular major in the United States.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 43 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Nursing Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Nursing Master's Degree Schools

#1

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Yale University the best school in the New England Region for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#2

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Boston College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the New England Region . Boston College is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.

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Out of the 43 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, MGH Institute of Health Professions landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, MGH Institute of Health Professions is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#4

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairfield University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Fairfield, Fairfield U is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in the New England Region . UMass Medical School is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.

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#6

Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

Quinnipiac University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Quinnipiac is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Hamden.

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With a ranking of #7, Northeastern University did quite well on this year’s best schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Northeastern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. MCPHS University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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American Sentinel University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree nursing programs. American Sentinel University is a small private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Aurora.

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#10

University of New England

Biddeford, ME

University of New England landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree nursing programs. UNE is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Biddeford.

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Best Nursing Colleges by State

Explore the best nursing colleges for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 1,916
Connecticut 750
Rhode Island 83
New Hampshire 366
Maine 149
Vermont 25

Nursing is one of 29 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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.

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