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2023 Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New York

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$98,140 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Master's Degree School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in New York with 17,708 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's healthcare students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Most Popular Nursing Master's Degree Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 38 schools in New York to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

Check out the nursing master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in New York.

#1

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Stony Brook University the most popular school in New York for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Stony Brook, SUNY Stony Brook is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 86% of the nursing majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

About 86% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 14% are male.

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#3

New York University

New York, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Pace University - New York helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in New York. Pace University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Of the 130 students majoring in nursing at Pace University, 8% are male and 92% are female.

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#5

LIU Post

Brookville, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend LIU Post. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the suburb of Brookville, LIU Post is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 121 students majoring in nursing at LIU Post, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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#6

D'Youville College

Buffalo, NY

D’Youville College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the large city of Buffalo, D'Youville College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 91% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#7

Molloy College

Rockville Centre, NY

Molloy College ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Molloy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rockville Centre.

Of the 105 students majoring in nursing at Molloy, 10% are male and 90% are female.

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#8

Lehman College

Bronx, NY

Lehman College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Bronx, Lehman is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 103 students majoring in nursing at Lehman, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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With a ranking of #9, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 84% of the nursing majors at the school.

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#9

St. John Fisher College

Rochester, NY

St. John Fisher College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Fisher is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Rochester.

Of the 89 students majoring in nursing at Fisher, 15% are male and 85% are female.

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Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 11,477
Maryland 4,104
New Jersey 5,648
District of Columbia 990
Delaware 1,267

Nursing is one of 30 different types of healthcare programs to choose from.

Nursing Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

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 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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