2014-08-06

A nursing career in the state of Texas is looking like a smarter career move than ever before. With the booming growth of the Texas population in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin, the demand for good nurses is only going up in the Lone Star State. It was reported last year that Texas had the highest number of posted job openings for nurses in 2013. Also, Texas was reported in June 2014 to have added more jobs than any other state.

The salaries for nursing professionals also are on the upswing in TX. For example, According to Indeed.com the average nursing salary in Houston is $87,000:



Some of the most in demand types of nurses include:

Certified nurse midwife

Nurse practitioner

Nurse educator

Certified dialysis nurse

Pediatric endocrinology nurse

Please review the many nursing schools that are available in Texas, and consider this great state as your home base for an exciting health care career.

Featured Texas Nursing School Details



Abilene Christian University

Abilene, TX - http://www.acu.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $26,770

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 4,660

Telephone: (325) 674-2000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Nursing Administration.

Family Practice Nurse/Nursing.



Alvin Community College

Alvin, TX - http://www.alvincollege.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,016

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 8,250

Telephone: (281) 756-3500

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Amarillo College

Amarillo, TX - http://www.actx.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,008

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 14,368

Telephone: (806) 371-5000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Anamarc College-El Paso Central

El Paso, TX - http://www.anamarc.edu

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 767

Telephone: (915) 351-8100

Programs Offered

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide.

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other.

Anamarc College-El Paso East

El Paso, TX - http://anamarc.edu

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 441

Telephone: (915) 599-8505

Programs Offered

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide.

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other.

Angelina College

Lufkin, TX - http://www.angelina.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,400

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 7,918

Telephone: (936) 639-1301

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX - http://www.angelo.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $3,996

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 7,703

Telephone: (325) 942-2555

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Family Practice Nurse/Nursing.

Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Nursing Education.

ATI Career Training Center-North Richland Hills

North Richland Hills, TX - http://www.aticareertraining.edu

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 1,688

Telephone: (817) 284-1141

Programs Offered

Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide.

Austin Community College District

Austin, TX - http://www.austincc.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,860

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 70,452

Telephone: (512) 223-7000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Baptist Health System School of Health Professions

San Antonio, TX - http://www.bshp.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $300

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 0

Telephone: (210) 297-9636

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX - http://www.bcm.edu

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 0

Telephone: (713) 798-4951

Programs Offered

Nurse Anesthetist.

Baylor University

Waco, TX - http://www.baylor.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $30,586

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 15,770

Telephone: (254) 710-1011

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Family Practice Nurse/Nursing.

Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing.

Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery.

Blinn College

Brenham, TX - http://www.blinn.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,136

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 27,821

Telephone: (979) 830-4000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Brazosport College

Lake Jackson, TX - http://www.brazosport.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,790

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 6,392

Telephone: (979) 230-3000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Brookhaven College

Farmers Branch, TX - http://www.brookhavencollege.edu/

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,490

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 24,557

Telephone: (972) 860-4700

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Career Point College

San Antonio, TX - http://www.careerpointcollege.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $21,021

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 2,500

Telephone: 21073212

Programs Offered

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Cedar Valley College

Lancaster, TX - http://www.cedarvalleycollege.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,490

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 11,935

Telephone: (972) 860-8201

Programs Offered

Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide.

Central Texas College

Killeen, TX - http://www.ctcd.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,460

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 49,099

Telephone: (254) 526-7161

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Chamberlain College of Nursing-Texas

Houston, TX - http://www.chamberlain.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $16,360

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 163

Telephone: (713) 277-9800

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Cisco College

Cisco, TX - http://www.cisco.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $960

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 6,210

Telephone: (254) 442-5000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Clarendon College

Clarendon, TX - http://www.clarendoncollege.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,008

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 1,951

Telephone: 80687412

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Coastal Bend College

Beeville, TX - http://www.coastalbend.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,680

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 5,629

Telephone: (361) 358-2838

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

College of Health Care Professions-Northwest

Houston, TX - http://www.chcp.edu

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 689

Telephone: (713) 425-3100

Programs Offered

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

College of the Mainland

Texas City, TX - http://www.com.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,040

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 5,968

Telephone: (409) 938-1211

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Collin County Community College District

McKinney, TX - http://www.collin.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,830

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 41,222

Telephone: (972) 881-5790

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Concorde Career Institute-Arlington

Arlington, TX - http://www.concorde.edu

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 1,447

Telephone: (817) 261-1594

Programs Offered

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Concorde Career Institute-Dallas

Dallas, TX - http://www.concorde.edu

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 482

Telephone: (469) 221-3400

Programs Offered

Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide.

Concordia University-Texas

Austin, TX - http://www.concordia.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $23,600

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 2,702

Telephone: (512) 313-3000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Covenant School of Nursing and Allied Health

Lubbock, TX - http://cson.covenanthealth.org

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $4,300

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 0

Telephone: (806) 797-8903

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Dallas Nursing Institute

Dallas, TX - http://www.dni.edu

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 1,543

Telephone: (214) 613-3770

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants, Other.

Del Mar College

Corpus Christi, TX - http://www.delmar.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,352

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 16,453

Telephone: (361) 698-1255

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

East Texas Baptist University

Marshall, TX - http://www.etbu.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $20,670

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 1,364

Telephone: (903) 935-7963

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

El Centro College

Dallas, TX - http://www.elcentrocollege.edu/

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,490

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 20,288

Telephone: (214) 860-2037

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

El Paso Community College

El Paso, TX - http://www.epcc.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,704

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 41,258

Telephone: (915) 831-2000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Excel Learning Center

El Paso, TX - http://www.excel.edu

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 0

Telephone: (915) 593-1515

Programs Offered

Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide.

Fortis College

Houston, TX - http://www.medvance.edu

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 1,107

Telephone: (713) 266-6594

Programs Offered

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Frank Phillips College

Borger, TX - http://www.fpctx.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,770

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 1,402

Telephone: (806) 457-4200

Programs Offered

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio

San Antonio, TX - http://www.galencollege.edu/sanantonio/

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 1,633

Telephone: (210) 733-3056

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Galveston College

Galveston, TX - http://www.gc.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,470

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 3,437

Telephone: (409) 944-1220

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Grayson College

Denison, TX - http://www.grayson.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,920

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 7,255

Telephone: (903) 465-6030

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Hallmark College of Technology/Hallmark College of Aeronautics

San Antonio, TX - http://www.hallmarkcollege.edu

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 1,242

Telephone: 21069112

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Hardin-Simmons University

Abilene, TX - http://www.hsutx.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $21,450

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 2,500

Telephone: (325) 670-1000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Family Practice Nurse/Nursing.

Nursing Education.

Hill College

Hillsboro, TX - http://www.hillcollege.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,310

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 6,556

Telephone: (254) 659-7500

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Houston Baptist University

Houston, TX - http://www.hbu.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $25,245

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 2,844

Telephone: (281) 649-3000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Houston Community College

Houston, TX - http://www.hccs.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,280

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 93,625

Telephone: (877) 422-6111

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Howard College

Big Spring, TX - http://www.howardcollege.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,496

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 6,271

Telephone: (432) 264-5000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

ITT Technical Institute-Richardson

Richardson, TX - http://www.itt-tech.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $17,748

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 0

Telephone: (972) 690-9100

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Kaplan College-Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, TX - http://corpus-christi.kaplancollege.com/Pages/HomePage.aspx

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 944

Telephone: (361) 852-2900

Programs Offered

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Kaplan College-San Antonio

San Antonio, TX - http://wsan-antonio.kaplancollege.com/Pages/Homepage.aspx

School Details

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 1,148

Telephone: (210) 308-8584

Programs Offered

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Kilgore College

Kilgore, TX - http://www.kilgore.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,304

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 8,342

Telephone: (903) 983-8209

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Lamar State College-Orange

Orange, TX - http://www.lsco.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,400

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 3,535

Telephone: (409) 883-7750

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Lamar State College-Port Arthur

Port Arthur, TX - http://www.lamarpa.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $3,419

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 3,929

Telephone: (409) 984-6342

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX - http://www.lamar.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $5,940

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 16,946

Telephone: (409) 880-7011

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Nursing Administration.

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other.

Laredo Community College

Laredo, TX - http://www.laredo.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,400

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 13,351

Telephone: (956) 721-5394

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide.

Lee College

Baytown, TX - http://www.lee.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,872

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 9,640

Telephone: (281) 427-5611

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Lone Star College System

The Woodlands, TX - http://www.lonestar.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,640

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 98,313

Telephone: (832) 813-6500

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Lubbock Christian University

Lubbock, TX - http://www.lcu.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $16,350

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 2,459

Telephone: (806) 796-8800

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Nursing Administration.

McLennan Community College

Waco, TX - http://www.mclennan.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,976

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 14,738

Telephone: (254) 299-8622

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

McMurry University

Abilene, TX - http://www.mcm.edu/

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $23,305

Type: Private

Students Enrolled: 1,808

Telephone: (325) 793-3800

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Family Practice Nurse/Nursing.

Nursing Education.

Midland College

Midland, TX - http://www.midland.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $3,450

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 0

Telephone: (432) 685-4500

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Midwestern State University

Wichita Falls, TX - http://www.mwsu.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $4,845

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 7,005

Telephone: (940) 397-4000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Nursing Administration.

Family Practice Nurse/Nursing.

Nursing Education.

Navarro College

Corsicana, TX - http://www.navarrocollege.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,110

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 15,087

Telephone: (903) 874-6501

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

North Central Texas College

Gainesville, TX - http://www.nctc.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,872

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 14,921

Telephone: (940) 668-7731

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Northeast Texas Community College

Mount Pleasant, TX - http://www.ntcc.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $1,896

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 4,477

Telephone: (903) 434-8100

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Northwest Vista College

San Antonio, TX - http://www.alamo.edu/nvc/

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $5,470

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 21,433

Telephone: (210) 486-4000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Odessa College

Odessa, TX - http://www.odessa.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $2,940

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 7,090

Telephone: (432) 335-6400

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse.

Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.

Panola College

Carthage, TX - http://www.panola.edu

School Details

Tuition (In-State): $600

Type: Public

Students Enrolled: 3,497

Telephone: (903) 693-2000

Programs Offered

Registered Nursing/R

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