2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Schools in the Southwest Region
Finding the Most Popular Online Nursing School for You
In 2020-2021, 66,964 nursing students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #2 most popular in the country.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Nursing Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 22 schools in the Southwest Region to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
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2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the online nursing programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .
Top 10 Most Popular Online Nursing Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the most popular online school in the Southwest Region for nursing students. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Schools in the Southwest Region list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Aspen University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Schools in the Southwest Region list. Aspen University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Christian University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Nursing Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Midwestern University - Glendale. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Nursing Schools in the Southwest Region list. Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Glendale.
With a ranking of #6, Abilene Christian University did quite well on this year’s best schools for nursing students. Located in the medium-sized city of Abilene, Abilene Christian is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
University of Phoenix - Arizona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for nursing students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best nursing programs. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Texas Woman’s University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best nursing programs. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a large student population.
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for nursing students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large city of Corpus Christi, Texas A&M Corpus Christi is a public college with a large student population.
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Most Popular Online Nursing Colleges by State
Explore the most popular online nursing schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 3,662 |
| Arizona | 3,385 |
| Oklahoma | 165 |
| New Mexico | 106 |
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Nursing Related Majors
One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Nursing
| 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 22 schools only.
- 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).
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