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CIP 51.3802 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Nursing Administration.

A program that prepares registered nurses to manage nursing personnel and services in hospitals and other health care delivery agencies. Includes instruction in principles of health care administration, resource and financial management, health care law and policy, medical personnel management, and managed care operations.

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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.

Connected Nursing Administration award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.3802. 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
2025Bachelor degree81,057
2025Postbaccalaureate certificate1577
2025Master degree1605,768
2025Post-master certificate1235
2025Doctorate — research12325
2025Doctorate — professional practice20472
2025Doctorate — other15
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year465
2024Bachelor degree9715
2024Postbaccalaureate certificate1465
2024Master degree1636,133
2024Post-master certificate1129
2024Doctorate — research10392
2024Doctorate — professional practice20515
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year362
2023Bachelor degree10637
2023Postbaccalaureate certificate1462
2023Master degree1706,521
2023Post-master certificate1348
2023Doctorate — research11278
2023Doctorate — professional practice20435
2023Doctorate — other112
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year453
2022Bachelor degree11712
2022Postbaccalaureate certificate864
2022Master degree1627,304
2022Post-master certificate1560
2022Doctorate — research1075
2022Doctorate — professional practice16397
2022Doctorate — other110
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year536
2021Bachelor degree9859
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate1163
2021Master degree1578,406
2021Post-master certificate1038
2021Doctorate — research1085
2021Doctorate — professional practice16336
2021Doctorate — other114
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year432
2020Bachelor degree13852
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate746
2020Master degree1496,778
2020Post-master certificate1029
2020Doctorate — research948
2020Doctorate — professional practice16298
2020Doctorate — other19
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year311

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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CIP 51.3802 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 51 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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Institutions with reported graduates

276 institutions

CT · Four-year

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Waterbury, CT · Private for-profit

Bachelor degree: 537 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Master degree: 80 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

Post-master certificate: 2 first-major awards · year ending 2022.

Doctorate — professional practice: 10 first-major awards · year ending 2025.

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