Rankings and Quick Facts

With a proud history of firsts in the state of North Carolina and an exemplary heritage of bests among schools of nursing in the country, Carolina educates and graduates talented students for leadership in practice, research, education and administration.

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Our Rankings

Overall

•  4th among US schools of nursing by the American Health Council
•  6th among nursing schools worldwide in the 2022 Shanghai Ranking‘s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects
•  8th in the 2022 QS Top Universities World Rankings of Colleges of Nursing

Online

• Online Master’s Program in Nursing Administration and Leadership: tied for 9th, U.S. News and World Report for 2023

Undergraduate

• Tied for 5th, U.S. News and World Report for 2023

Graduate

MSN

• Overall: tied for 10th, U.S. News and World Report for 2024
• Nursing Administration: tied for 6th, U.S. News and World Report for 2024
• Family Nurse Practitioner: 3rd, U.S. News and World Report for 2024
• Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: 3rd, U.S. News and World Report for 2024
• Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner: tied for 7th, U.S. News and World Report for 2024

DNP

• Overall: tied for 15th, U.S. News and World Report for 2024
• Nursing Administration: 10th, U.S. News and World Report for 2024
• Family Nurse Practitioner: 4th, U.S. News and World Report for 2024
• Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner: tied 4th, U.S. News and World Report for 2024
• Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner: tied for 6th, U.S. News and World Report for 2024

NIH Funding

• Ranked 19^th overall and 12^th among public schools of nursing, Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research for 2022

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By the Numbers

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