The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., has been named the top CRNA school in 2025, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Grad School” rankings.
Each university was given a score from 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding), based on a survey of academics at peer institutions. Read more about the methodology here.
The top 25 CRNA schools:
1. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (Bethesda, Md.)
2. University of Pittsburgh
3. University of Iowa (Iowa City)
4 (tie). Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)
4 (tie). U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing (Fort Sam Houston, Texas)
6. Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond)
7 (tie). Duke University (Durham, N.C.)
7 (tie). Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.)
7 (tie). Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia-California State University-Fullerton
7 (tie). University of Cincinnati
11. Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College (St. Louis)
12 (tie). Oregon Health and Science University (Portland)
12 (tie). Texas Christian University (Fort Worth)
12 (tie). Wake Forest Baptist Health-Wake Forest School of Medicine (Winston-Salem)
15 (tie). Cleveland Clinic Foundation-Case Western Reserve University
15 (tie). Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston)
15 (tie). Northeastern University (Boston)
15 (tie). University of Detroit Mercy
19 (tie) East Carolina University (Greenville, N.C.)
19 (tie). Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (New Orleans)
19 (tie). Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia (Madison)
19 (tie). Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Va.)
19 (tie). University of Alabama at Birmingham
19 (tie). University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
19 (tie). University of Southern California (Los Angeles)
