Nurse Practitioner: Adult

Ranked in 2011, part of Nursing

In an adult nurse practitioner program, students are trained to work with older patients in a variety of settings including urgent care, primary care, and specialty units. These are the top nursing programs for adult nurse practitioners.

Rank School name
#1 University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

#2 University of California–​San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

#2 University of Washington

Seattle, WA

#4 Columbia University

New York, NY

#4 University of Michigan–​Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI

#6 University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

#7 Rush University

Chicago, IL

#8 University of Maryland–​Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

#9 Yale University

New Haven, CT

#10 Duke University

Durham, NC

#10 University of Alabama–​Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

#12 University of North Carolina–​Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

#13 Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

#13 New York University

New York, NY

#13 Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

#13 Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Morse Code: Inside the College Rankings by Bob Morse
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