2016 Best Graduate Schools Preview: Top 10 Nursing Schools

Thinking about applying to graduate school? Whether you're interested in pursuing a graduate nursing degree or attending law school or medical school, there are some big decisions to make. To help students find the right school for them, U.S. News & World Report surveys nearly 1,900 graduate schools and programs and ranks them according to our methodology.

Here, we offer a sneak peek of the 2016 Best Graduate Schools rankings.

U.S. News surveyed 503 accredited graduate programs in nursing. In alphabetical order, here are the top 10 highest-ranked master's programs in nursing.

School name (state)

Duke University (NC)

Emory University (GA)

Johns Hopkins University (MD)

New York University

University of California--San Francisco

University of Maryland--Baltimore

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh (PA)

University of Washington

The actual ranking and score of these and other graduate schools will be available March 10, 2015, on usnews.com. Use the #BestGradSchools hashtag to continue the conversation on Twitter and Facebook.

For more in-depth rankings, searchable data and an expanded directory of programs, sign up for the U.S. News Graduate School Compass.