Nursing 50 Colleges Population Comparison

Total PopulationUndergraduateGraduateOnline Classes

Total Student Population Comparison

The total student population of best Nursing schools is 1,517,314 with 839,618 female students and 677,696 male students. This enrollment statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2024-2025. The following table compares the student population for both undergraduate and graduate schools between best Nursing schools.

Among the best Nursing schools, Texas A & M University-College Station has the most enrolled students of 78,321, while Oregon Health & Science University has the least number of students of 2,942 for both in graduate and undergraduate programs.

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Student Population Comparison Between Best Nursing Schools
	Rank	Name	Total	Men	Women
	1	Duke University	17,499	7,778	9,721
	1	University of Pennsylvania	29,109	12,877	16,232
	1	Emory University	15,175	5,979	9,196
	4	Ohio State University-Main Campus	61,443	29,217	32,226
	4	University of Iowa	30,779	13,512	17,267
	6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	32,438	12,821	19,617
	7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	20,905	7,861	13,044
	7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	52,855	24,997	27,858
	7	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	56,997	29,577	27,420
	7	Boston College	15,432	7,082	8,350
	11	Case Western Reserve University	12,475	6,006	6,469
	12	New York University	56,832	23,777	33,055
	13	Oregon Health & Science University	2,942	897	2,045
	14	University of Maryland, Baltimore	6,636	1,852	4,784
	15	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	35,724	14,987	20,737
	16	University of California-Los Angeles	47,335	20,430	26,905
	17	University of Illinois Chicago	33,906	14,994	18,912
	18	University of Kentucky	34,709	13,833	20,876
	19	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	56,666	25,150	31,516
	20	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	4,938	1,519	3,419
	21	University of Virginia-Main Campus	26,409	11,946	14,463
	22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	51,044	23,932	27,112
	23	Indiana University-Indianapolis	22,534	7,824	14,710
	24	Medical University of South Carolina	3,246	903	2,343
	25	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	23,124	9,211	13,913
	26	University of Florida	56,311	24,863	31,448
	27	University of Kansas	29,792	13,566	16,226
	28	University of Nebraska Medical Center	3,988	1,122	2,866
	29	University of Rochester	11,946	5,619	6,327
	30	Villanova University	10,041	4,620	5,421
	31	Baylor University	20,626	8,103	12,523
	32	Creighton University	8,581	3,486	5,095
	33	Loyola University Chicago	17,384	5,417	11,967
	34	Michigan State University	52,089	24,439	27,650
	35	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	50,737	26,611	24,126
	36	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	52,269	24,032	28,237
	37	Texas A & M University-College Station	78,321	41,363	36,958
	38	University at Buffalo	31,903	16,348	15,555
	39	The University of Alabama	40,846	17,368	23,478
	40	University of Central Florida	69,713	32,056	37,657
	41	University of Connecticut	28,306	12,706	15,600
	42	University of Massachusetts-Boston	15,575	6,619	8,956
	43	University of Miami	19,852	8,859	10,993
	44	University of South Carolina-Columbia	38,532	15,466	23,066
	45	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	3,101	1,039	2,062
	46	The University of Texas at Austin	53,864	23,614	30,250
	47	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	3,786	1,296	2,490
	48	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	3,241	1,002	2,239
	49	University of Utah	36,894	18,931	17,963
	50	Virginia Commonwealth University	28,464	10,189	18,275
Total			1,517,314	677,696	839,618

Undergraduate Student Population

The total undergraduate population of best Nursing schools is 1,056,281 with 573,553 female students and 482,728 male students. The following table compares 2024-2025 undergraduate enrollment between best Nursing schools.

Among the best Nursing schools, Texas A & M University-College Station has the most enrolled undergraduate students of 60,710, while Medical University of South Carolina has the least number of undergraduate students of 303.

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Undergraduate Student Population Comparison Between Best Nursing Schools
	Rank	Name	Total	Men	Women
	1	Duke University	6,523	3,017	3,506
	1	University of Pennsylvania	11,478	5,152	6,326
	1	Emory University	7,407	3,203	4,204
	4	Ohio State University-Main Campus	46,815	23,142	23,673
	4	University of Iowa	22,738	9,900	12,838
	6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	20,885	8,197	12,688
	7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	11,959	4,417	7,542
	7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	34,454	15,920	18,534
	7	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	40,684	22,246	18,438
	7	Boston College	10,314	4,907	5,407
	11	Case Western Reserve University	6,528	3,396	3,132
	12	New York University	29,060	11,827	17,233
	13	Oregon Health & Science University	836	154	682
	14	University of Maryland, Baltimore	960	164	796
	15	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	25,900	11,031	14,869
	16	University of California-Los Angeles	33,475	13,269	20,206
	17	University of Illinois Chicago	22,495	10,481	12,014
	18	University of Kentucky	25,534	10,671	14,863
	19	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	41,303	18,662	22,641
	20	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	465	74	391
	21	University of Virginia-Main Campus	17,885	7,839	10,046
	22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	38,040	17,815	20,225
	23	Indiana University-Indianapolis	14,504	4,912	9,592
	24	Medical University of South Carolina	303	30	273
	25	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	13,921	6,046	7,875
	26	University of Florida	36,573	16,567	20,006
	27	University of Kansas	22,085	10,277	11,808
	28	University of Nebraska Medical Center	971	120	851
	29	University of Rochester	6,580	3,103	3,477
	30	Villanova University	7,004	3,241	3,763
	31	Baylor University	14,915	6,061	8,854
	32	Creighton University	4,377	1,843	2,534
	33	Loyola University Chicago	12,538	3,916	8,622
	34	Michigan State University	41,234	19,921	21,313
	35	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	42,604	22,467	20,137
	36	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	37,985	18,928	19,057
	37	Texas A & M University-College Station	60,710	32,263	28,447
	38	University at Buffalo	20,359	11,049	9,310
	39	The University of Alabama	34,389	14,970	19,419
	40	University of Central Florida	59,552	27,774	31,778
	41	University of Connecticut	20,056	9,026	11,030
	42	University of Massachusetts-Boston	12,138	5,405	6,733
	43	University of Miami	13,250	5,994	7,256
	44	University of South Carolina-Columbia	30,187	12,341	17,846
	45	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	394	35	359
	46	The University of Texas at Austin	43,165	18,254	24,911
	47	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	930	233	697
	48	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	545	107	438
	49	University of Utah	28,064	14,569	13,495
	50	Virginia Commonwealth University	21,210	7,792	13,418
Total			1,056,281	482,728	573,553

Graduate Student Population

The total graduate population of best Nursing schools is 461,033 with 266,065 female students and 194,968 male students. The following table compares 2023-2024 graduate enrollment between best Nursing schools.

Among the best Nursing schools, New York University has the most enrolled graduate students of 27,772, while Oregon Health & Science University has the least number of graduate students of 2,106.

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Graduate Student Population Comparison Between Best Nursing Schools
	Rank	Name	Total	Men	Women
	1	Duke University	10,976	4,761	6,215
	1	University of Pennsylvania	17,631	7,725	9,906
	1	Emory University	7,768	2,776	4,992
	4	Ohio State University-Main Campus	14,628	6,075	8,553
	4	University of Iowa	8,041	3,612	4,429
	6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	11,553	4,624	6,929
	7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	8,946	3,444	5,502
	7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	18,401	9,077	9,324
	7	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	16,313	7,331	8,982
	7	Boston College	5,118	2,175	2,943
	11	Case Western Reserve University	5,947	2,610	3,337
	12	New York University	27,772	11,950	15,822
	13	Oregon Health & Science University	2,106	743	1,363
	14	University of Maryland, Baltimore	5,676	1,688	3,988
	15	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	9,824	3,956	5,868
	16	University of California-Los Angeles	13,860	7,161	6,699
	17	University of Illinois Chicago	11,411	4,513	6,898
	18	University of Kentucky	9,175	3,162	6,013
	19	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	15,363	6,488	8,875
	20	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	4,473	1,445	3,028
	21	University of Virginia-Main Campus	8,524	4,107	4,417
	22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	13,004	6,117	6,887
	23	Indiana University-Indianapolis	8,030	2,912	5,118
	24	Medical University of South Carolina	2,943	873	2,070
	25	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	9,203	3,165	6,038
	26	University of Florida	19,738	8,296	11,442
	27	University of Kansas	7,707	3,289	4,418
	28	University of Nebraska Medical Center	3,017	1,002	2,015
	29	University of Rochester	5,366	2,516	2,850
	30	Villanova University	3,037	1,379	1,658
	31	Baylor University	5,711	2,042	3,669
	32	Creighton University	4,204	1,643	2,561
	33	Loyola University Chicago	4,846	1,501	3,345
	34	Michigan State University	10,855	4,518	6,337
	35	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	8,133	4,144	3,989
	36	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	14,284	5,104	9,180
	37	Texas A & M University-College Station	17,611	9,100	8,511
	38	University at Buffalo	11,544	5,299	6,245
	39	The University of Alabama	6,457	2,398	4,059
	40	University of Central Florida	10,161	4,282	5,879
	41	University of Connecticut	8,250	3,680	4,570
	42	University of Massachusetts-Boston	3,437	1,214	2,223
	43	University of Miami	6,602	2,865	3,737
	44	University of South Carolina-Columbia	8,345	3,125	5,220
	45	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	2,707	1,004	1,703
	46	The University of Texas at Austin	10,699	5,360	5,339
	47	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	2,856	1,063	1,793
	48	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	2,696	895	1,801
	49	University of Utah	8,830	4,362	4,468
	50	Virginia Commonwealth University	7,254	2,397	4,857
Total			461,033	194,968	266,065

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

The following table compares 2023-2024 distance learning enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate programs between best Nursing schools. In undergraduate programs, out of total 1,056,281 students, 37,931 students (3.59%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 415,641 students (39.35%) have learned from at least one online course. For graduate schools, out of total 461,033 students, 83,354 students (18.08%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 69,679 students (15.11%) have learned from at least one online course.

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Online Course (Distance Learning) Population Comparison Between Best Nursing Schools
	Rank	Name	Undergraduate			Graduate
	Rank	Name	Total	Online Exclusively	Some Online Classes	Total	Online Exclusively	Some Online Classes
	1	Duke University	6,523	1 (0.02%)	137 (2.10%)	10,976	1,311 (11.94%)	2,699 (24.59%)
	1	University of Pennsylvania	11,478	681 (5.93%)	178 (1.55%)	17,631	2,568 (14.57%)	825 (4.68%)
	1	Emory University	7,407	68 (0.92%)	2,610 (35.24%)	7,768	857 (11.03%)	1,986 (25.57%)
	4	Ohio State University-Main Campus	46,815	1,581 (3.38%)	31,935 (68.22%)	14,628	2,394 (16.37%)	3,021 (20.65%)
	4	University of Iowa	22,738	793 (3.49%)	13,238 (58.22%)	8,041	2,235 (27.80%)	504 (6.27%)
	6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	20,885	43 (0.21%)	3,936 (18.85%)	11,553	1,815 (15.71%)	1,733 (15.00%)
	7	University of Alabama at Birmingham	11,959	2,288 (19.13%)	6,983 (58.39%)	8,946	3,514 (39.28%)	1,682 (18.80%)
	7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	34,454	41 (0.12%)	3,115 (9.04%)	18,401	1,438 (7.81%)	1,468 (7.98%)
	7	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	40,684	670 (1.65%)	7,467 (18.35%)	16,313	986 (6.04%)	1,237 (7.58%)
	7	Boston College	10,314	133 (1.29%)	876 (8.49%)	5,118	599 (11.70%)	1,163 (22.72%)
	11	Case Western Reserve University	6,528	-	274 (4.20%)	5,947	503 (8.46%)	1,238 (20.82%)
	12	New York University	29,060	398 (1.37%)	5,174 (17.80%)	27,772	3,095 (11.14%)	5,824 (20.97%)
	13	Oregon Health & Science University	836	164 (19.62%)	287 (34.33%)	2,106	237 (11.25%)	611 (29.01%)
	14	University of Maryland, Baltimore	960	121 (12.60%)	353 (36.77%)	5,676	1,003 (17.67%)	1,479 (26.06%)
	15	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	25,900	106 (0.41%)	4,507 (17.40%)	9,824	1,359 (13.83%)	1,537 (15.65%)
	16	University of California-Los Angeles	33,475	42 (0.13%)	4,946 (14.78%)	13,860	743 (5.36%)	589 (4.25%)
	17	University of Illinois Chicago	22,495	865 (3.85%)	13,914 (61.85%)	11,411	3,288 (28.81%)	4,922 (43.13%)
	18	University of Kentucky	25,534	1,508 (5.91%)	12,080 (47.31%)	9,175	3,555 (38.75%)	1,046 (11.40%)
	19	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	41,303	897 (2.17%)	16,068 (38.90%)	15,363	1,161 (7.56%)	2,500 (16.27%)
	20	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	465	-	205 (44.09%)	4,473	88 (1.97%)	1,658 (37.07%)
	21	University of Virginia-Main Campus	17,885	403 (2.25%)	3,011 (16.84%)	8,524	1,559 (18.29%)	810 (9.50%)
	22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	38,040	563 (1.48%)	9,815 (25.80%)	13,004	891 (6.85%)	1,181 (9.08%)
	23	Indiana University-Indianapolis	14,504	1,415 (9.76%)	7,825 (53.95%)	8,030	1,607 (20.01%)	1,515 (18.87%)
	24	Medical University of South Carolina	303	58 (19.14%)	245 (80.86%)	2,943	598 (20.32%)	-
	25	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	13,921	1,621 (11.64%)	5,080 (36.49%)	9,203	2,633 (28.61%)	1,789 (19.44%)
	26	University of Florida	36,573	1,517 (4.15%)	21,570 (58.98%)	19,738	6,855 (34.73%)	2,717 (13.77%)
	27	University of Kansas	22,085	1,115 (5.05%)	9,651 (43.70%)	7,707	2,011 (26.09%)	1,030 (13.36%)
	28	University of Nebraska Medical Center	971	126 (12.98%)	-	3,017	465 (15.41%)	52 (1.72%)
	29	University of Rochester	6,580	304 (4.62%)	269 (4.09%)	5,366	386 (7.19%)	1,574 (29.33%)
	30	Villanova University	7,004	80 (1.14%)	1,265 (18.06%)	3,037	989 (32.57%)	503 (16.56%)
	31	Baylor University	14,915	338 (2.27%)	4,581 (30.71%)	5,711	2,728 (47.77%)	318 (5.57%)
	32	Creighton University	4,377	49 (1.12%)	1,447 (33.06%)	4,204	1,265 (30.09%)	72 (1.71%)
	33	Loyola University Chicago	12,538	242 (1.93%)	1,692 (13.49%)	4,846	1,151 (23.75%)	1,473 (30.40%)
	34	Michigan State University	41,234	439 (1.06%)	23,373 (56.68%)	10,855	2,242 (20.65%)	1,270 (11.70%)
	35	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	42,604	234 (0.55%)	19,362 (45.45%)	8,133	87 (1.07%)	816 (10.03%)
	36	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	37,985	611 (1.61%)	19,253 (50.69%)	14,284	3,342 (23.40%)	2,484 (17.39%)
	37	Texas A & M University-College Station	60,710	467 (0.77%)	25,270 (41.62%)	17,611	3,883 (22.05%)	1,562 (8.87%)
	38	University at Buffalo	20,359	510 (2.51%)	11,359 (55.79%)	11,544	2,153 (18.65%)	2,168 (18.78%)
	39	The University of Alabama	34,389	3,400 (9.89%)	11,217 (32.62%)	6,457	2,889 (44.74%)	682 (10.56%)
	40	University of Central Florida	59,552	8,871 (14.90%)	29,631 (49.76%)	10,161	3,637 (35.79%)	1,429 (14.06%)
	41	University of Connecticut	20,056	76 (0.38%)	5,810 (28.97%)	8,250	1,660 (20.12%)	1,439 (17.44%)
	42	University of Massachusetts-Boston	12,138	535 (4.41%)	2,819 (23.22%)	3,437	1,165 (33.90%)	538 (15.65%)
	43	University of Miami	13,250	205 (1.55%)	5,942 (44.85%)	6,602	819 (12.41%)	963 (14.59%)
	44	University of South Carolina-Columbia	30,187	1,060 (3.51%)	20,451 (67.75%)	8,345	2,459 (29.47%)	1,224 (14.67%)
	45	The University of Tennessee Health Science Center	394	-	116 (29.44%)	2,707	251 (9.27%)	473 (17.47%)
	46	The University of Texas at Austin	43,165	245 (0.57%)	19,050 (44.13%)	10,699	12 (0.11%)	663 (6.20%)
	47	The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	930	86 (9.25%)	-	2,856	46 (1.61%)	-
	48	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	545	48 (8.81%)	-	2,696	656 (24.33%)	-
	49	University of Utah	28,064	1,555 (5.54%)	13,652 (48.65%)	8,830	694 (7.86%)	1,414 (16.01%)
	50	Virginia Commonwealth University	21,210	1,358 (6.40%)	13,602 (64.13%)	7,254	1,472 (20.29%)	1,798 (24.79%)
Average			1,056,281	37,931 (3.59%)	415,641 (39.35%)	461,033	83,354 (18.08%)	69,679 (15.11%)

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