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CIP 51.3801 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

A program that generally prepares individuals in the knowledge, techniques and procedures for promoting health, providing care for sick, disabled, infirmed, or other individuals or groups. Includes instruction in the administration of medication and treatments, assisting a physician during treatments and examinations, Referring patients to physicians and other health care specialists, and planning education for health maintenance.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

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Connected Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.3801. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years311,472
2025Associate degree1,09988,840
2025Certificate 2–4 years211,265
2025Bachelor degree1,144148,864
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate20166
2025Master degree26519,622
2025Post-master certificate38598
2025Doctorate — research35513
2025Doctorate — professional practice24426
2025Doctorate — other1105
2025Certificate under 12 weeks134
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year261,420
2024Certificate 1–2 years321,163
2024Associate degree1,08383,963
2024Certificate 2–4 years221,263
2024Bachelor degree1,112147,337
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate28305
2024Master degree26220,089
2024Post-master certificate38557
2024Doctorate — research31415
2024Doctorate — professional practice22437
2024Doctorate — other1101
2024Certificate under 12 weeks15
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year251,268
2023Certificate 1–2 years34968
2023Associate degree1,06481,665
2023Certificate 2–4 years241,279
2023Bachelor degree1,094146,679
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate26329
2023Master degree26320,308
2023Post-master certificate37509
2023Doctorate — research33396
2023Doctorate — professional practice24485
2023Doctorate — other195
2023Certificate under 12 weeks190
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year20940
2022Certificate 1–2 years351,036
2022Associate degree1,05982,016
2022Certificate 2–4 years251,361
2022Bachelor degree1,069155,020
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate26332
2022Master degree24819,936
2022Post-master certificate31487
2022Doctorate — research30361
2022Doctorate — professional practice23653
2022Doctorate — other191
2022Certificate under 12 weeks2355
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year231,254
2021Certificate 1–2 years28770
2021Associate degree1,05284,450
2021Certificate 2–4 years271,523
2021Bachelor degree1,040157,536
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate17166
2021Master degree24118,754
2021Post-master certificate33405
2021Doctorate — research31365
2021Doctorate — professional practice23603
2021Doctorate — other190
2021Certificate under 12 weeks2528
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year241,384
2020Certificate 1–2 years33873
2020Associate degree1,06183,591
2020Certificate 2–4 years291,589
2020Bachelor degree1,011152,183
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate18387
2020Master degree24618,094
2020Post-master certificate33454
2020Doctorate — research31351
2020Doctorate — professional practice20606
2020Doctorate — other1108
2020Certificate under 12 weeks3457
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year18707

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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Institutions with reported graduates

2182 institutions

MA · Four-year

Northeastern University ↗

Boston, MA · Private nonprofit

Bachelor degree: 174 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Master degree: 46 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Post-master certificate: 2 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Doctorate — research: 3 first-major awards · year ending 2024.

1 additional reported award levels.

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