Every nursing school in the United States

3,531 nursing schools across every state and territory, each with the credentials it awards, its state board approval and NCLEX pass rate, and its accreditation.

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Nursing graduates by year

Nursing completions in the United States by year, all institutions reporting to IPEDS. Up 19% from 2014 to 2024.

Year	Completions
2014	307230
2015	315990
2016	318129
2017	324998
2018	335695
2019	348743
2020	362200
2021	371567
2022	368214
2023	358152
2024	366153

Map

Loading the map… NCLEX 90% and above 80 to 89% under 80% no board rate board-listed, placed at its city 863 board-listed programs in the United States have no federal record and are shown at the center of the city the board lists. 246 board-listed programs have no city on the board’s list and no point; they are in the table below.

Schools by credential

A school counts once under each credential it awards. What each credential means.

954Practical nursing (LPN/LVN)

77RN diploma or certificate

1,084Associate's in nursing

1,113Bachelor's in nursing

656Master's and post-master's

406Doctorate in nursing

73Nurse anesthesia

123Other nursing awards

Nursing schools by state

“Board data” says how much of the state board’s own list is on these pages. A state whose board blocks reads or publishes no list shows no NCLEX rates; that is a gap in the source, not a state with no programs.

State	Schools	On the map	Board data	With an NCLEX rate	Nursing awards
Alabama	51	42	Read in part	31	8,529
Alaska	7	4	Blocked	1	264
American Samoa	1	1	Not published	none read	20
Arizona	56	39	Read in full	23	13,733
Arkansas	52	41	Read in full	32	3,789
California	309	220	Read in full	172	28,035
Colorado	48	34	Read in full	24	3,704
Connecticut	35	23	Read in full	15	4,270
Delaware	12	7	Read in full	5	1,032
District of Columbia	10	8	Read in full	5	1,078
Florida	283	140	Read in full	126	22,648
Georgia	69	63	Blocked	none read	8,065
Guam	2	2	Not published	none read	48
Hawaii	9	8	Read in full	6	690
Idaho	13	12	Read in full	11	1,738
Illinois	127	97	Read in full	74	22,602
Indiana	52	39	Read in full	28	8,209
Iowa	41	38	Read in full	31	5,158
Kansas	50	44	Read in full	37	3,019
Kentucky	51	46	Read in full	42	12,475
Louisiana	57	47	Read in full	36	4,618
Maine	19	17	Read in full	15	1,287
Marshall Islands	1	1	Not published	none read	13
Maryland	33	30	Read in full	26	4,158
Massachusetts	77	62	Read in full	41	6,769
Michigan	79	68	Read in full	59	7,951
Micronesia	1	1	Not published	none read	20
Minnesota	70	55	Read in full	34	20,365
Mississippi	27	26	Read in part	24	3,707
Missouri	90	72	Read in full	51	6,510
Montana	24	14	Read in full	10	890
Nebraska	19	17	Read in full	15	2,247
Nevada	21	16	Read in full	12	2,470
New Hampshire	21	18	Read in full	15	2,043
New Jersey	108	62	Read in full	45	7,404
New Mexico	33	24	Read in full	16	1,672
New York	217	151	Read in full	89	18,109
North Carolina	106	97	Read in full	89	8,386
North Dakota	15	14	Read in full	13	1,208
Northern Mariana Islands	1	1	Not published	none read	27
Ohio	200	147	Read in full	93	16,026
Oklahoma	90	62	Read in full	45	4,303
Oregon	40	29	Read in full	25	2,304
Pennsylvania	174	147	Read in full	94	12,919
Puerto Rico	53	53	Not published	none read	5,245
Rhode Island	11	8	Not published	4	1,256
South Carolina	54	45	Read in full	33	3,857
South Dakota	15	15	Read in full	10	1,123
Tennessee	98	76	Read in full	60	7,182
Texas	180	143	Read in full	112	25,894
U.S. Virgin Islands	1	1	Not published	none read	31
Utah	34	28	Not published	25	14,023
Vermont	3	3	Not published	none read	642
Virginia	110	72	Read in full	57	9,029
Washington	53	48	Read in full	36	4,138
West Virginia	60	48	Read in part	24	2,256
Wisconsin	50	44	Read in full	37	6,309
Wyoming	8	8	Read in full	8	631

How schools and credentials are counted