AR · El Dorado
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Associate degree first-major awards: 45 · year ending 2025.
CIP 51.3801 · AWARD LEVEL 3 · UNITED STATES
1166 US institutions have connected positive first-major awards in this exact field and award level. Each institution appears once, with its latest connected positive award observation for this selection.
Official classification: 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.
Check the exact nursing qualification, entry route and the relevant professional authority’s current recognition and licensing requirements. A CIP award record does not establish eligibility for nursing practice.
Confirm whether the institution’s actual degree meets your goal and whether a destination accepts its credits. An associate award does not prove a transfer agreement or coverage of another institution’s bachelor requirements.
Source: connected NCES IPEDS first-major completion records, exact CIP 51.3801, award level 3. This list does not rank institutions or measure admissions capacity.
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AR · El Dorado
Associate degree first-major awards: 45 · year ending 2025.
MN · North Mankato
Associate degree first-major awards: 49 · year ending 2025.
KY · Bowling Green
Associate degree first-major awards: 58 · year ending 2025.
TN · Knoxville
Associate degree first-major awards: 305 · year ending 2025.
AR · Pine Bluff
Associate degree first-major awards: 17 · year ending 2025.
NE · Lincoln
Associate degree first-major awards: 24 · year ending 2025.
FL · Boynton Beach
Associate degree first-major awards: 40 · year ending 2025.
SC · North Charleston
Associate degree first-major awards: 4 · year ending 2025.
SC · Columbia
Associate degree first-major awards: 8 · year ending 2025.
IA · West Burlington
Associate degree first-major awards: 55 · year ending 2025.
NC · Whiteville
Associate degree first-major awards: 32 · year ending 2025.
IL · Harrisburg
Associate degree first-major awards: 15 · year ending 2025.
GA · Vidalia
Associate degree first-major awards: 50 · year ending 2025.
FL · Lakeland
Associate degree first-major awards: 8 · year ending 2025.
KY · Cumberland
Associate degree first-major awards: 58 · year ending 2025.
MO · Cape Girardeau
Associate degree first-major awards: 23 · year ending 2025.
NM · Carlsbad
Associate degree first-major awards: 14 · year ending 2025.
SD · Sioux Falls
Associate degree first-major awards: 82 · year ending 2025.
TN · Collegedale
Associate degree first-major awards: 64 · year ending 2025.
AR · Camden
Associate degree first-major awards: 21 · year ending 2025.
GA · Griffin
Associate degree first-major awards: 78 · year ending 2025.
ME · South Portland
Associate degree first-major awards: 85 · year ending 2025.
GA · Thomasville
Associate degree first-major awards: 104 · year ending 2025.
OH · Hillsboro
Associate degree first-major awards: 33 · year ending 2025.
| Year ending | Reporting institutions | Positive first-major awards |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,097 | 88,814 |
| 2024 | 1,081 | 83,930 |
| 2023 | 1,062 | 81,638 |
| 2022 | 1,057 | 81,989 |
| 2021 | 1,050 | 84,421 |
| 2020 | 1,059 | 83,565 |
Each annual row is a separate observation, not a current entering class or unique-person count. The year ending 2025 covers July 2024–June 2025. Institutions can appear in several years.
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