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