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2023 Most Popular Nursing Schools in Florida

26 Colleges
$66,973 Avg Salary
$25,610 Avg Student Debt

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In 2020-2021, nursing students earned 3,074 degrees and certificates from a Florida school, making the subject the 2nd in the state.

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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Nursing Schools in Florida ranking. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in Florida to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Colleges.

#1

Miami Regional University

Miami Springs, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Miami Regional University the most popular school in Florida for nursing students. Miami Regional University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami Springs.

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The excellent programs at University of South Florida - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best nursing schools in Florida. USF Tampa is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tampa.

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#3

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

Out of the 26 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Florida International University is a great place for nursing students. Located in the suburb of Miami, FIU is a public school with a very large student population.

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#5

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, FL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Nova Southeastern University is a great place for nursing students. Located in the suburb of Fort Lauderdale, NUS Florida is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for nursing students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Jacksonville, JU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#7

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Florida Atlantic University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular nursing programs. FAU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Boca Raton.

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University of Central Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for nursing students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a very large student population.

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#9

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL

With a ranking of #9, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale.

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#10

Barry University

Miami, FL

Barry University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular nursing programs. Barry University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Miami.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,110
Georgia 1,685
North Carolina 1,399
Tennessee 1,589
Kentucky 2,017
Louisiana 520
Alabama 2,641
South Carolina 468
Mississippi 262
Arkansas 299
West Virginia 184

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.

  • 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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