| 1 | Florida Gulf Coast University (Marieb College of Health and Human Services) | 82.8 above the national baseline | 100% (2024) | CCNE |
| 2 | California State University, Long Beach (School of Nursing) | 80.6 above the national baseline | 98.82% (2024) | CCNE |
| 3 | University at Buffalo, SUNY (School of Nursing) | 80.6 above the national baseline | 100% (2024) | CCNE |
| 4 | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (School of Nursing) | 79.8 above the national baseline | 99.3% (2024) | CCNE |
| 5 | Stephen F. Austin State University (School of Nursing) | 77.9 above the national baseline | 98.97% (2024) | CCNE |
| 6 | Sonoma State University (Department of Nursing) | 77.5 above the national baseline | 95.65% (2024) | CCNE |
| 7 | Texas A&M University Health Science Center (College of Nursing) | 76.9 above the national baseline | 99% (2024) | CCNE |
| 8 | Lamar University (JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing) | 74.7 above the national baseline | 97.56% (2024) | CCNE |
| 9 | California State University, Sacramento (School of Nursing) | 74.1 above the national baseline | 96.62% (2024) | CCNE |
| 10 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania (Department of Nursing) | 73.9 above the national baseline | 96.05% (2024) | CCNE |
| 11 | Ohio University (School of Nursing) | 73.9 above the national baseline | 98.49% (2023) | CCNE |
| 12 | California State University, Fullerton (School of Nursing) | 73.4 above the national baseline | 94.87% (2024) | CCNE |
| 13 | California State University, Los Angeles (School of Nursing) | 73.4 above the national baseline | 96.12% (2024) | CCNE |
| 14 | Farmingdale State College, SUNY (Department of Nursing) | 73.3 above the national baseline | 97.18% (2024) | CCNE |
| 15 | University of Florida (College of Nursing) | 72.0 above the national baseline | 97.53% (2024) | CCNE |
| 16 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions) | 71.5 above the national baseline | 97.08% (2024) | CCNE |
| 17 | Texas Woman's University (College of Nursing) | 70.5 above the national baseline | 97.18% (2024) | CCNE |
| 18 | California State University, San Bernardino (School of Nursing) | 70.4 above the national baseline | 94.07% (2024) | CCNE |
| 19 | University of Central Florida (College of Nursing) | 69.7 above the national baseline | 96.23% (2024) | CCNE |
| 20 | California State University, Bakersfield (Department of Nursing) | 69.4 above the national baseline | 93.85% (2024) | CCNE |
| 21 | Pennsylvania State University (Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing) | 69.3 above the national baseline | 94.09% (2024) | CCNE |
| 22 | Stony Brook University, SUNY (School of Nursing) | 68.8 above the national baseline | 96.15% (2024) | CCNE |
| 23 | UTHealth Houston (Cizik School of Nursing) | 67.7 above the national baseline | 95.58% (2024) | CCNE |
| 24 | San Jose State University (The Valley Foundation School of Nursing) | 67.6 above the national baseline | 92.86% (2024) | CCNE |
| 25 | California State University, Chico (School of Nursing) | 67.5 above the national baseline | 93.24% (2024) | CCNE |
| 26 | California State University, Fresno (School of Nursing) | 67.3 above the national baseline | 94.74% (2024) | CCNE |
| 27 | California State University, San Marcos (School of Nursing) | 67.3 above the national baseline | 95.21% (2024) | CCNE |
| 28 | Hunter College, CUNY (Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing) | 67.1 above the national baseline | 97.58% (2024) | CCNE |
| 29 | University of Pittsburgh (School of Nursing) | 66.7 above the national baseline | 92.25% (2024) | CCNE |
| 30 | Sam Houston State University (School of Nursing) | 66.5 above the national baseline | 93.98% (2024) | CCNE |
| 31 | University of Cincinnati (College of Nursing) | 66.3 above the national baseline | 92.71% (2023) | CCNE |
| 32 | University of South Florida (College of Nursing) | 66.1 above the national baseline | 96.55% (2024) | CCNE |
| 33 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (School of Nursing) | 65.4 above the national baseline | 94.66% (2024) | CCNE |
| 34 | UT Health San Antonio (School of Nursing) | 65.2 above the national baseline | 94.79% (2024) | CCNE |
| 35 | California State University, Stanislaus (School of Nursing) | 65.2 above the national baseline | 92.47% (2024) | CCNE |
| 36 | University of Texas at Tyler (School of Nursing) | 64.7 above the national baseline | 96.02% (2024) | CCNE |
| 37 | University of Texas at El Paso (School of Nursing) | 63.7 above the national baseline | 92.81% (2024) | CCNE |
| 38 | The Ohio State University (College of Nursing) | 63.7 above the national baseline | 94.17% (2023) | CCNE |
| 39 | University of North Florida (Brooks College of Health, School of Nursing) | 63.0 above the national baseline | 93.98% (2024) | CCNE |
| 40 | Miami University (Department of Nursing) | 62.9 above the national baseline | 91.85% (2023) | CCNE |
| 41 | University of Texas at Arlington (College of Nursing and Health Innovation) | 62.3 above the national baseline | 94.17% (2024) | CCNE |
| 42 | University of West Florida (Usha Kundu, MD College of Health, School of Nursing) | 60.9 above the national baseline | 97.67% (2024) | CCNE |
| 43 | University of California, Los Angeles (School of Nursing) | 60.8 above the national baseline | 92.16% (2024) | CCNE |
| 44 | San Diego State University (School of Nursing) | 60.6 above the national baseline | 91.04% (2024) | CCNE |
| 45 | SUNY Plattsburgh (Department of Nursing) | 60.5 above the national baseline | 91.11% (2024) | CCNE |
| 46 | University of California, Irvine (Sue and Bill Gross School of Nursing) | 59.8 near the national baseline | 91.3% (2024) | CCNE |
| 47 | Florida International University (Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Sciences) | 59.0 near the national baseline | 92.66% (2024) | CCNE |
| 48 | Pennsylvania College of Technology (School of Nursing and Health Sciences) | 58.5 near the national baseline | 87.1% (2024) | CCNE |
| 49 | Pennsylvania Western University - Clarion (Department of Nursing) | 58.2 near the national baseline | 86.42% (2024) | CCNE |
| 50 | SUNY Brockport (Department of Nursing) | 57.5 near the national baseline | 91.35% (2024) | CCNE |
| 51 | University of Texas at Austin (School of Nursing) | 56.8 near the national baseline | 93.27% (2024) | CCNE |
| 52 | Binghamton University, SUNY (Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences) | 56.5 near the national baseline | 93.81% (2024) | CCNE |
| 53 | Florida State University (College of Nursing) | 55.7 near the national baseline | 88.38% (2024) | CCNE |
| 54 | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (School of Nursing) | 54.4 near the national baseline | 92.14% (2024) | CCNE |
| 55 | Kent State University (College of Nursing) | 54.1 near the national baseline | 90.31% (2023) | CCNE |
| 56 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania - Bloomsburg (Department of Nursing) | 50.8 near the national baseline | 86.86% (2024) | CCNE |
| 57 | Prairie View A&M University (College of Nursing) | 46.8 near the national baseline | 91.3% (2024) | CCNE |
| 58 | York College, CUNY (Department of Nursing) | 46.7 near the national baseline | 93.75% (2024) | ACEN |
| 59 | Florida Atlantic University (Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing) | 46.6 near the national baseline | 94.12% (2024) | CCNE |
| 60 | Florida A&M University (School of Nursing) | 41.4 below the national baseline | 93.48% (2024) | CCNE |
| 61 | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (College of Nursing) | 40.5 below the national baseline | 93.62% (2024) | CCNE |
| 62 | Cleveland State University (School of Nursing) | 34.0 below the national baseline | 84.88% (2023) | CCNE |
| 63 | The University of Akron (School of Nursing) | 27.3 below the national baseline | 86.81% (2023) | CCNE |
| 64 | Temple University (College of Public Health, Department of Nursing) | 26.5 below the national baseline | 74.23% (2024) | CCNE |
| 65 | Lehman College, CUNY (Department of Nursing) | 16.1 below the national baseline | 75% (2024) | CCNE |