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Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Arizona

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2023 Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Arizona

9 Colleges
$98,140 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, nursing was ranked 2nd in Arizona. In fact, 12,966 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Arizona to see which master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the most popular school in Arizona for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 90% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#2

Aspen University

Denver, CO

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Aspen University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Arizona. Aspen University is a medium-sized private for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

About 90% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 10% are male.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Phoenix - Arizona helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Arizona. Located in the city of Tempe, UOPX - Arizona is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 436 students majoring in nursing at UOPX - Arizona, 11% are male and 89% are female.

Full Nursing at University of Phoenix - Arizona Report

#4

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Arizona is a great place for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 79% of the nursing majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Arizona. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 88% of the nursing majors at the school.

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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree nursing programs. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.

Women make up 92% of the nursing majors at the school.

Read full report on Nursing at Arizona State University - Tempe

Midwestern University - Glendale ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona list. Midwestern University - Glendale is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Glendale.

About 34% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 66% are male.

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Ottawa University - Phoenix landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree nursing programs. Ottawa University - Phoenix is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Phoenix.

Full Nursing at Ottawa University - Phoenix Report

With a ranking of #8, Arizona State University - Skysong did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.

Read full report on Nursing at Arizona State University - Skysong

Best Nursing Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 21,862
Oklahoma 3,009
New Mexico 1,390

One of 30 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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