School in Top 3% of American MSN Programs, According to ’25 U.S. News

According to the latest U.S. News & World Report’s Best Grad Schools Guide for 2025, UVA's MSN and DNP programs are respectively ranked in the top 3% and 11% nationally.

Specifically, UVA is home to the nation's:

• No. 13 public MSN
  (No. 20 overall out of 146 ranked programs)
• No. 34 public DNP
  (No. 47 out of 158 ranked programs)

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UVA's MSN is ranked among the nation's very best

When considered among the nation’s 656 MSN and 433 DNP programs, UVA’s graduate nursing programs remain in the top 3% of American MSN programs and the top 11% of American DNP programs.   

U.S. News & World Report ranks nursing schools based on factors that include peer assessments, research funding, faculty resources, program selectivity, and graduation rates.

The School's BSN programs also rank among the nation's very best. Among the 1,000+ American BSN programs, UVA's BSN program is ranked in the top 1% of American undergraduate nursing programs, noted by U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges as being the No. 8 public BSN program (No. 13 overall).

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