Texas: Amazing Education and Job Opportunities for RNs

Dozens of Nursing Schools to Choose From

Texas is one of the largest states in land mass and it also eats up its share of healthcare resources, including nurses. You've hit the mother lode if you're pursuing a nurse's education in Texas. It's easy: narrow down the list of nursing schools to those that offer what you need to get your nursing career kick-started, and then find a job. And guess what? Texas has the largest number of hospitals in the country-366 of them-that represent well over 55,600 patient beds.(1)

Houston Skyline.

In a nutshell the nursing shortage is growing, in Texas and across the nation. Nursing is the number one most in-demand occupation in the U.S., jobs are super secure and the salary will absolutely keep food on the table and bills paid despite otherwise scary economic yo-yoing.

Tips for searching Texas nursing schools

San Antonio River Walk.

Technical and vocational schools deliver practical nursing programs, you can have your LPN license in months.

Community colleges specialize in the 2-year Associates degrees. These are by far the most popular track to an RN license and solid, scalable nursing career.

Four-year colleges and universities offer BSN, MSN, graduate certificates, and nursing PhD degrees. They also offer a dizzying array of advanced specialties such as nursing anesthesia, nurse practitioner and nurse midwifery.

Crank Up the Salary Heat in Texas Nursing Jobs

Dallas Skyline.

The average salary range for a staff RN in Dallas is between $55,700 and $67,000.(2) Figure on a few thousand less in smaller cities across the state. How would you like to put a little heat into your earning abilities? Try these tips and squeeze a better nurse's salary out of healthcare's deep pockets:

Take a travel nursing assignment in Texas. It doesn't matter if you're a resident of the state. Sign on with a travel company that works with clients in Texas and find out where the "hot jobs" are located. Choose one with a completion bonus packaged into it and you can leave your assignment with a cool few thousand in the end.
Take a permanent job at a hospital that offers a sign-on bonus or other types of performance-based bonuses.
Sign up for extra shifts, holidays, overtime and short notice shifts. Work as a per diem RN.

Austin, Texas Skyline.

For information on state licensure requirements visit the Texas Board of Nursing.

Texas Nursing Schools Offering Some Online Degree Options

Texas Christian University — Fort Worth
Harris College of Nursing
CCNE Accredited

Texas Tech University — Lubbock
Health Sciences Center
CCNE Accredited

Texas Woman's University
NLNAC Accredited

University of Phoenix
CCNE Accredited

Search our big list of online nursing schools for many more distance education opportunities.

Campus-based Nursing Schools in Texas

Abilene Christian University — Abilene
Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing
CCNE Accredited

Alvin Community College — Alvin
NLNAC Accredited

Amarillo College — Amarillo
Nursing Division
NLNAC Accredited

Angelo State University — San Angelo
Department of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Austin Community College — Austin
Associated Degree Program
NLNAC Accredited

Baptist Health System — San Antonio
Department of Professional Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Baylor College of Medicine — Houston
Graduate Program in Nurse Anesthesia
COA Accredited

Baylor University — Dallas
Louise Herrington School of Nursing
CCNE Accredited

Blinn College — Bryan
Associate Degree Nursing Program
NLNAC Accredited

Brookhaven College — Farmers Branch
College of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Central Texas College — Killeen
Department of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Cisco Junior College — Abilene
Vocational Nursing Program
NLNAC Accredited

College of Mainland -Texas City
Department of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Collin County Community College — McKinney
Nursing Department
NLNAC Accredited

Covenant Health System — Lubbock
School of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Del Mar College — Corpus Christi
Department of Nursing Education
NLNAC Accredited

East Texas Baptist University — Marshall
CCNE Accredited

El Centro College — Dallas
NLNAC Accredited

El Paso Community College — El Paso
Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Galveston College — Galveston
Health Sciences
NLNAC Accredited

Grayson County College — Denison
Associated Degree Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Hardin-Simmons University — Abilene
Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing
CCNE Accredited

Houston Baptist University — Houston
College of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Howard College — Big Spring
Nursing Department
NLNAC Accredited

Kilgore College — Kilgore
Associate Degree Nursing Program
NLNAC Accredited

Lamar University — Beaumont
Department of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Laredo Community College — Laredo
Department of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Lee College — Baytown
Associate Degree Nursing Program
NLNAC Accredited

Lone Star College
Department of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Lubbock Christian University — Lubbock
Department of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

McLennan Community College — Waco
Nursing Education Department
NLNAC Accredited

McMurry University — Abilene
Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing
CCNE Accredited

Midland College — Midland
Health Sciences Division
NLNAC Accredited

Midwestern State University — Wichita Falls
Wilson School of Nursing
CCNE Accredited

Navarro College — Corsicana
Associate Degree Nursing Program
NLNAC Accredited

North Central Texas College — Gainesville
NLNAC Accredited

Odessa College — Odessa
Nursing Department
NLNAC Accredited

Panola College — Carthage
Associate Degree Nursing Program
NLNAC Accredited

Paris Junior College — Paris
Health Occupations
NLNAC Accredited

Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing
CCNE Accredited

Prairie View A&M University — Houston
CCNE, NLNAC Accredited

San Antonio College — San Antonio
Nursing Department
NLNAC Accredited

San Jacinto College — Pasadena
Department of Associate Degree Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

San Jacinto College — Houston
Department of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

South Plains College — Levelland
Department of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Southwestern Adventist University — Keene
Department of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

St. Philip's College — San Antonio

Stephen F. Austin State University — Nacogdoches
School of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Tarleton University — Stephenville
CCNE Accredited

Tarrant County College — Fort Worth
Nursing/Health and Technology
NLNAC Accredited

Temple College — Temple
Nursing Division
NLNAC Accredited

Texarkana College — Texarkana
Associate Degree Nursing Program
NLNAC Accredited

Texas A&M International University — Laredo
Canseco School of Nursing
NLNAC Accredited

Texas A&M University — Corpus Christi
School of Nursing
CCNE Accredited

Texas A&M University — Texarkana
CCNE Accredited

Texas Christian University — Fort Worth
Harris College of Nursing
CCNE Accredited

Texas Tech University — Lubbock
Health Sciences Center
CCNE Accredited

Texas Wesleyan University — Fort Worth
Graduate Program of Nurse Anesthesia
COA Accredited

Texas Woman's University — Denton
NLNAC Accredited

Trinity Valley Community College — Kaufman
Health Occupations Division
NLNAC Accredited

Tyler Junior College — Tyler

U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing — San Antonio
COA Accredited

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor — Belton
CCNE Accredited

University of Phoenix
CCNE Accredited

University of Texas Medical Branch — Galveston
CCNE Accredited

University of Texas — Tyler
CCNE Accredited

University of Texas — San Antonio
Health Science Center
CCNE Accredited

University of Texas — Arlington
CCNE Accredited

University of Texas — Austin
CCNE Accredited

University of Texas-Brownsville and Texas Southmost College — Brownsville
NLNAC Accredited

University of Texas-Pan American — Edinburg
CCNE Accredited

University of the Incarnate Word — San Antonio
CCNE Accredited

Victoria College — Victoria
Associate Degree Nursing Program
NLNAC Accredited

Weatherford College — Weatherford
Associate Degree Nursing Program
NLNAC Accredited

West Texas A&M University — Canyon
CCNE Accredited

Wharton County Junior College — Wharton
Vocational Nursing

1 American Hospital Directory
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School	Location	Contact Information	BSN	MSN	DSN	Certs
Abilene Christian University	School of Nursing 210 Zona Luce Building, ACU Box 28035 Abilene, TX 79699-8035	Chief Nurse Administrator: Becky Hammack, EdD, RN Title: Dean E-Mail: becky.hammack@acu.edu Phone: 325-674-2081 Fax: 325-674-6256	BSN
Angelo State University	Department of Nursing ASU Station #10902 San Angelo, TX 76909-0015	Chief Nurse Administrator: Wrennah L. Gabbert, PhD, RN, CPNP-BC, FNP-BC Title: Director E-Mail: wrennah.gabbert@angelo.edu Phone: 325-942-2224 6182 Fax: 325-942-2631	BSN	MSN		APRN
Baylor University	Louise Herrington School of Nursing 3700 Worth Street Dallas, TX 75246	Chief Nurse Administrator: Shelley F. Conroy, EdD, RN, CNE Title: Dean and Professor E-Mail: shelley_conroy@baylor.edu Phone: 214-820-2792 Fax: 214-818-8692	BSN	MSN	DNP
Concordia University Texas	Department of Nursing 11400 Concordia University Drive Austin, TX 78726	Chief Nurse Administrator: Kathryn Lauchner, PhD, RN Title: Director E-Mail: kathy.lauchner@concordia.edu Phone: 512-313-5510 Fax: 512-313-2510	BSN
East Texas Baptist University	Department of Nursing 1 Tiger Drive Marshall, TX 75670-1498	Chief Nurse Administrator: Rebekah Grigsby, DNP, RN Title: Dean & Assistant Professor E-Mail: rgrigsby@etbu.edu Phone: 903-923-2212 Fax: 903-938-9225	BSN
Hardin-Simmons University	2200 Hickory Abilene, TX 79698-0001	Chief Nurse Administrator: Nina Ouimette, EdD, RN-BC Title: Dean E-Mail: nouimette@phssn.edu Phone: 325-671-2357 Fax: 325-671-2386
McMurry University	1400 Sayles Boulevard Abilene, TX 79697	Chief Nurse Administrator: Nina Ouimette, EdD, RN-BC Title: Dean E-Mail: nouimette@phssn.edu Phone: 325-671-2357 Fax: 325-671-2386
Midwestern State University	Wilson School of Nursing 3410 Taft Boulevard, Bridwell Hall 308D Wichita Falls, TX 76308-2099	Chief Nurse Administrator: Kathleen M. Williamson, PhD, RN Title: Chair E-Mail: kathleen.williamson@mwsu.edu Phone: 940-397-4610 Fax: 940-397-4911	BSN	MSN
Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing	2149 Hickory Street Abilene, TX 79601-2339	Chief Nurse Administrator: Nina Ouimette, EdD, RN-BC Title: Dean E-Mail: nouimette@phssn.edu Phone: 325-671-2357 Fax: 325-671-2386	BSN	MSN
Prairie View A & M University	College of Nursing 6436 Fannin Street Houston, TX 77030	Chief Nurse Administrator: Betty N. Adams, PhD, RN Title: Dean & Professor E-Mail: bnadams@pvamu.edu Phone: 713-797-7009 Fax: 713-797-7013	BSN	MSN	DNP	APRN
Sam Houston State University	Department of Nursing 1806 Avenue J, Suite 303, PO Box 2209 Huntsville, TX 77341-2209	Chief Nurse Administrator: Anne Stiles, PhD, RN Title: Chair and Professor E-Mail: astiles@shsu.edu Phone: 936-294-2369 Fax: 936-294-2372	BSN
Schreiner University	Nursing Department 2100 Memorial Boulevard, Trull Science 124, CMB 6241 Kerrville, TX 78028-5697	Chief Nurse Administrator: Adrianne Linton, PhD, RN Title: Interim Director E-Mail: alinton@schreiner.edu Phone: 830-792-7406	BSN
Southwestern Adventist University	Department of Nursing 300 West Magnolia Street Keene, TX 76059	Chief Nurse Administrator: Sallieann B. Hoffer, PhD, RN Title: Chair E-Mail: shoffer@swau.edu Phone: 817-202-6670 Fax: 817-556-4713	BSN
Tarleton University	Department of Nursing 201 St. Felix Road, Box T-500 Stephenville, TX 76402	Chief Nurse Administrator: Susan M. Rugari, PhD, RN, CNS Title: Department Head & Associate Professor. E-Mail: rugari@tarleton.edu Phone: 254-968-0536 Fax: 2549689716	BSN	MSN
Texas A&M University Health Science Center	College of Nursing 8447 State Highway 47 Bryan, TX 77807	Chief Nurse Administrator: Sharon A. Wilkerson, PhD, RN, CNE Title: Dean and Professor E-Mail: wilkerson@tamhsc.edu Phone: 979-436-0129 Fax: 979-436-0098	BSN	MSN
Texas A&M University-Central Texas	RN to BSN Nursing Program 1001 Leadership Place Killeen, TX 76549	Chief Nurse Administrator: Carolyn A. Prosise, MSN, RN, CNOR Title: Director E-Mail: prosise@tamuct.edu Phone: 254-519-5487 Fax: 254-519-8011	BSN
Texas A&M University-Commerce	Nursing Department 2600 Neal Street Commerce, TX 75428	Chief Nurse Administrator: Barbara Tucker, PhD, RN Title: Chair and Professor E-Mail: barbara.tucker@tamuc.edu Phone: 903-886-5223 Fax: 903-866-5729	BSN
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	College of Nursing and Health Sciences 6300 Ocean Drive Corpus Christi, TX 78412	Chief Nurse Administrator: Mary Jane Hamilton, PhD, RN Title: Dean E-Mail: mary.hamilton@tamucc.edu Phone: 361-825-2649 Fax: 361-825-2484	BSN	MSN		APRN
Texas A&M University-Texarkana	Nursing Program 7101 University Avenue Texarkana, TX 75503	Chief Nurse Administrator: Kathleen Missildine, PhD, RN, CNE Title: Director E-Mail: kathleen.missildine@tamut.edu Phone: 903-223-3177 Fax: 903-223-3107	BSN	MSN
Texas Christian University	Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences 2800 West Bowie Street, Suite 214A, TCU Box 298625 Fort Worth, TX 76129-2800	Chief Nurse Administrator: Susan Mace Weeks, DNP, RN, CNS, LMFT, FAAN Title: Dean E-Mail: s.weeks@tcu.edu Phone: 817-257-7519 Fax: 817-257-6751	BSN	MSN	DNP	APRN
Texas Lutheran University	Department of Nursing 1000 West Court Street Seguin, TX 78155	Chief Nurse Administrator: Kathie Aduddell, EdD, RN Title: Director/Professor E-Mail: kaduddell@tlu.edu Phone: 830-372-6903 Fax: 830-372-6968	BSN
Texas State University	St. David's School of Nursing 1555 University Boulevard Round Rock, TX 78665	Chief Nurse Administrator: Marla A. Erbin-Roesemann, PhD, RN Title: Director E-Mail: me16@txstate.edu Phone: 512-716-2929 Fax: 512-716-2911	BSN	MSN
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	School of Nursing 3601 Fourth Street, Suite 2B164 Lubbock, TX 79430-6264	Chief Nurse Administrator: Michael L. Evans, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Title: Dean and Professor E-Mail: michael.evans@ttuhsc.edu Phone: 806-743-2738 Fax: 806-743-1622	BSN	MSN	DNP	APRN
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-El Paso	Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing 210 North Concepcion El Paso, TX 79905	Chief Nurse Administrator: Jeanne M. Novotny, PhD, RN, FAAN Title: Founding Dean and Professor E-Mail: jeanne.novotny@ttuhsc.edu Phone: 915-215-6106 Fax: 915-545-9703	BSN
Texas Woman's University	College of Nursing 304 Administration Drive, PO Box 425498 Denton, TX 76204-5498	Chief Nurse Administrator: Anita G. Hufft, PhD, RN Title: Dean E-Mail: ahufft@twu.edu Phone: 940-898-2401 Fax: 940-898-2437	BSN	MSN	DNP
University of Houston	School of Nursing 14000 University Boulevard Sugar Land, TX 77479	Chief Nurse Administrator: Kathryn Tart, EdD, RN Title: Dean and Professor E-Mail: kmtart@uh.edu Phone: 832-842-8218 Fax: 281-275-3056	BSN	MSN
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor	Scott and White College of Nursing 900 College Street, UMHB Station Box 8015 Belton, TX 76513-2599	Chief Nurse Administrator: Sharon Souter, PhD, RN, CNE Title: Dean and Professor E-Mail: ssouter@umhb.edu Phone: 254-295-4667 Fax: 254-295-4141	BSN	MSN
University of St. Thomas	Carol and Odis Peavy School of Nursing 3812 Montrose Boulevard Houston, TX 77006-4626	Chief Nurse Administrator: Poldi Tschirch, PhD, RN, BC Title: Dean and Professor E-Mail: tschirp@stthom.edu Phone: 713-525-6991 Fax: 713-525-6984	BSN
University of Texas at Arlington	College of Nursing 411 South Nedderman Drive, Box 19407 Arlington, TX 76019-0407	Chief Nurse Administrator: Anne R. Bavier, PhD, RN, FAAN Title: Dean E-Mail: bavier@uta.edu Phone: 817-272-2776 x24793 Fax: 817-272-9248	BSN	MSN	DNP
University of Texas at Austin	School of Nursing 1710 Red River Austin, TX 78701-1499	Chief Nurse Administrator: Alexa K. Stuifbergen, PhD, RN, FAAN Title: Dean E-Mail: astuifbergen@mail.nur.utexas.edu Phone: 512-471-4100 Fax: 512-471-4910	BSN	MSN
University of Texas at El Paso	School of Nursing 1851 Wiggins, 3681 El Paso, TX 79968	Chief Nurse Administrator: Elias Provencio-Vasquez, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP Title: Dean and Professor E-Mail: eprovenciovasquez@utep.edu Phone: 915-747-8217 Fax: 915-747-7207	BSN	MSN
University of Texas at Tyler	College of Nursing and Health Sciences 3900 University Boulevard Tyler, TX 75799	Chief Nurse Administrator: Barbara Haas, PhD Title: Interim Associate Dean E-Mail: bhaas@uttyler.edu Phone: 903-566-7021	BSN	MSN		APRN
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The	School of Nursing 6901 Bertner Avenue, PO Box 20334 Houston, TX 77030-3901	Chief Nurse Administrator: Lorraine Frazier, PhD, RN, FAAN Title: Dean E-Mail: Lorraine.Frazier@uth.tmc.edu Phone: 713-500-2002 Fax: 713-500-2007	BSN	MSN	DNP
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	School of Nursing 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MSC 7942 San Antonio, TX 78229-3900	Chief Nurse Administrator: Eileen T. Breslin, PhD, RN, FAAN Title: Dean and Professor E-Mail: breslin@uthscsa.edu Phone: 210-567-5800 Fax: 210-567-5929	BSN	MSN	DNP
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	School of Nursing 301 University Boulevard Galveston, TX 77555-1132	Chief Nurse Administrator: Pamela G. Watson, ScD, RN Title: Dean and Professor E-Mail: pgwatson@utmb.edu Phone: 409-772-1510 Fax: 409-772-5118	BSN	MSN	DNP
University of Texas of the Permian Basin, The	College of Nursing 4901 East University Boulevard Odessa, TX 79762	Chief Nurse Administrator: Dorothy Jackson, PhD Title: Dean E-Mail: jackson_d@utpb.edu Phone: 432-552-2562 Fax: 432-552-2109	BSN
University of Texas-Pan American	Nursing Department 1201 West University Drive Edinburg, TX 78539	Chief Nurse Administrator: Carolina G. Huerta, EdD, RN, FAAN Title: Director E-Mail: Carolina.Huerta@utrgv.edu Phone: 956-665-3495 Fax: 956-665-2875	BSN	MSN
University of the Incarnate Word	School of Nursing & Health Professions 4301 Broadway San Antonio, TX 78209-6397	Chief Nurse Administrator: Mary M. Hoke, PhD, RN, RN-BC, APHN-BC Title: Dean & Professor E-Mail: mhoke@uiwtx.edu Phone: 210-829-3982 Fax: 210-829-3174	BSN	MSN	DNP	APRN
West Texas A & M University	Department of Nursing 2501 4th Avenue, Old Main 313, WTAMU Box 60969 Canyon, TX 79016	Chief Nurse Administrator: Helen Reyes, EdD, RN, CNE Title: Department Head E-Mail: hreyes@wtamu.edu Phone: 806-651-2631 Fax: 806-651-2632	BSN	MSN

Texas: Amazing Education and Job Opportunities for RNs

Dozens of Nursing Schools to Choose From

Tips for searching Texas nursing schools

Crank Up the Salary Heat in Texas Nursing Jobs

Texas Nursing Schools Offering Some Online Degree Options

Campus-based Nursing Schools in Texas

Get Your Free Information on Nursing & Healthcare Programs

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