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Largest registered nursing programs in the United States
U.S. registered nursing programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.
| Rank | School | City | Sector | Awards conferred |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamberlain University | Addison | For-profit, 4-year | 13,367 |
| 2 | Western Governors University | Salt Lake City | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 7,799 |
| 3 | Grand Canyon University | Phoenix | For-profit, 4-year | 5,116 |
| 4 | Walden University | Minneapolis | For-profit, 4-year | 4,948 |
| 5 | The University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington | Public, 4-year | 3,485 |
| 6 | Aspen University | Phoenix | For-profit, 4-year | 1,999 |
| 7 | West Coast University | Anaheim | For-profit, 4-year | 1,760 |
| 8 | Galen College of Nursing | Louisville | For-profit, 4-year | 1,491 |
| 9 | Ivy Tech Community College | Indianapolis | Public, 2-year | 1,481 |
| 10 | University of South Alabama | Mobile | Public, 4-year | 1,440 |
| 11 | NUC University | Bayamon | For-profit, 4-year | 1,335 |
| 12 | Purdue University Global | West Lafayette | Public, 4-year | 1,160 |
| 13 | Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | Fort Lauderdale | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1,154 |
| 14 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | Lubbock | Public, 4-year | 1,142 |
| 15 | Rasmussen University | Ocala | For-profit, 4-year | 1,063 |
| 16 | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham | Public, 4-year | 1,053 |
| 17 | Northern Kentucky University | Highland Heights | Public, 4-year | 1,035 |
| 18 | Frontier Nursing University | Versailles | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 1,021 |
| 19 | ECPI University | Virginia Beach | For-profit, 4-year | 1,016 |
| 20 | University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Public, 4-year | 1,014 |
| 21 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | Wilmington | Public, 4-year | 960 |
| 22 | University of Phoenix-Arizona | Phoenix | For-profit, 4-year | 935 |
| 23 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | Saint Louis | Private nonprofit, 4-year | 918 |
Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.
How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.
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