Top graduate nursing programs for 2026
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham has the eighth best master’s in nursing science program in the country, according to the U.S. News & World Report. U.S. News & World Report released its 2026 best graduate school rankings,
U.S. News & World Report ranked Michigan State University’s graduate nursing programs among the best in the nation, including a top 15 spot for one of its concentrations.
U.S. News and World Report ranked Stanford No. 1 for its business graduate program, followed by Penn and the University of Chicago. In engineering, MIT was first, followed by Stanford and the University of California at Berkeley. Among law schools, Stanford was again No. 1, with the University of Chicago and Yale tied for second.
An Alabama university’s health care graduate program is the best in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s master of science in health administration is ranked No.
The University of Delaware's online master's nursing program just ranked 99 spots higher than the previous year. See what's contributing to that growth.
Northern Maine Community College’s registered nursing program has been ranked No. 2 in Maine for 2025 by NursingExplorer.com, a national education resource that evaluates nursing programs based on graduate success on licensure examinations.