Nursing Schools in Texas

52 schools compared · Average earnings $71,490/yr

52 Texas schools offer Nursing. Earnings in Texas are in line with the national average, so compare programs on commute, tuition, and fit rather than on statewide outcomes alone.

Schools in TX
52
Avg Grad Earnings
$71,490/yr
+3% vs. national avg
Avg Score
85/100
Top TX Cities
8
with programs

Nursing Programs in Texas

All 52 Texas schools offering Nursing, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score. Click a school to see full earnings projections and program details.

# School Score Earnings ROI
1 El Paso Community College
El Paso, TX
89 $79,996/yr 117.2x
2 Texas State Technical College
Waco, TX
80 $79,324/yr 55.3x
3 Weatherford College
Weatherford, TX
86 $78,873/yr 88.8x
4 Paris Junior College
Paris, TX
90 $78,821/yr 151.8x
5 Wharton County Junior College
Wharton, TX
89 $78,791/yr 136.0x
6 Lamar State College-Port Arthur
Port Arthur, TX
91 $78,580/yr 221.0x
7 Laredo College
Laredo, TX
89 $78,162/yr 139.5x
8 Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, TX
89 $77,795/yr 138.2x
9 South Texas College
McAllen, TX
85 $75,733/yr 84.8x
10 Central Texas College
Killeen, TX
88 $75,319/yr 123.3x
11 Alvin Community College
Alvin, TX
90 $75,294/yr 236.2x
12 Howard College
Big Spring, TX
89 $74,542/yr 140.0x
13 College of the Mainland
Texas City, TX
90 $74,310/yr 243.4x
14 Grayson College
Denison, TX
89 $73,793/yr 141.1x
15 Blinn College District
Brenham, TX
86 $72,895/yr 90.8x
16 Collin County Community College District
McKinney, TX
90 $72,584/yr 217.9x
17 Temple College
Temple, TX
88 $72,579/yr 138.2x
18 Clarendon College
Clarendon, TX
86 $72,350/yr 93.4x
19 Lee College
Baytown, TX
90 $72,164/yr 201.0x
20 Odessa College
Odessa, TX
89 $72,138/yr 122.5x
21 Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth, TX
90 $72,069/yr 226.0x
22 Vernon College
Vernon, TX
86 $71,856/yr 92.9x
23 San Jacinto Community College
Pasadena, TX
90 $71,118/yr 224.9x
24 Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, TX
87 $70,673/yr 109.5x
25 Dallas College
Dallas, TX
89 $70,630/yr 158.7x
26 Ranger College
Ranger, TX
83 $69,978/yr 73.1x
27 Angelina College
Lufkin, TX
87 $68,900/yr 125.8x
28 St Philip's College
San Antonio, TX
86 $68,521/yr 99.4x
29 Austin Community College District
Austin, TX
88 $68,125/yr 147.8x
30 Lamar State College-Orange
Orange, TX
88 $67,872/yr 132.9x
31 San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX
87 $67,684/yr 117.2x
32 Northeast Texas Community College
Mount Pleasant, TX
87 $67,139/yr 123.8x
33 Tyler Junior College
Tyler, TX
86 $66,769/yr 114.6x
34 Houston Community College
Houston, TX
90 $66,743/yr 248.7x
35 McLennan Community College
Waco, TX
86 $66,556/yr 106.2x
36 Kilgore College
Kilgore, TX
89 $65,971/yr 181.9x
37 North Central Texas College
Gainesville, TX
88 $65,491/yr 144.3x
38 Texarkana College
Texarkana, TX
88 $65,308/yr 160.0x
39 Victoria College
Victoria, TX
87 $65,007/yr 134.7x
40 Galveston College
Galveston, TX
89 $64,806/yr 174.0x
41 Amarillo College
Amarillo, TX
88 $64,713/yr 165.6x
42 Midland College
Midland, TX
86 $62,761/yr 117.3x
43 Trinity Valley Community College
Athens, TX
86 $59,966/yr 136.0x
44 Navarro College
Corsicana, TX
86 $58,906/yr 125.5x
45 The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest
Houston, TX
74 $91,353/yr
46 Rio Grande Valley College
Pharr, TX
74 $77,845/yr
47 The Chicago School-College of Nursing
Richardson, TX
74 $76,643/yr
48 Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health
Lubbock, TX
73 $69,194/yr
49 Baptist Health System School of Health Professions
San Antonio, TX
72 $69,994/yr 27.0x
50 Southwest University at El Paso
El Paso, TX
72 $74,637/yr 22.3x
51 Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
71 $68,114/yr 22.9x
52 Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campus
Round Rock, TX
71 $68,114/yr 22.9x

Where Nursing Programs Cluster in Texas

Cities with the most Nursing programs — useful if you want to minimize commute or relocate within state.

City Schools Avg Earnings
San Antonio, TX 4 $68,578/yr
Houston, TX 2 $79,048/yr
El Paso, TX 2 $77,317/yr
Waco, TX 2 $72,940/yr
Weatherford, TX 1 $78,873/yr
Paris, TX 1 $78,821/yr
Wharton, TX 1 $78,791/yr
Port Arthur, TX 1 $78,580/yr

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