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Nursing Schools in Boston

Boston, MA (population: 610,407) has eight nursing schools within its city limits. Northeastern University, the highest ranked school in the city with a nursing program, has a total student population of 27,537. It is the 56th highest ranked school in the USA and the 7th highest in the state of Massachusetts (#1 is Harvard University).

Nursing students from Boston schools who go on to become nurses, registered nurses, practical nurses, pediatric nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,583,770 people working as registered nurses alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $66,530. Also, Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses make on average $40,900 per year and there are about 728,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area alone, there are 7,280 employed licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earning an average salary of $49,660. Registered nurses in this area earn $88,730/yr and there are 46,790 employed.

Boston lies in Suffolk county, which is one of the 12 counties in Massachusetts. Overall, the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area has 1,685,900 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $28.04/hr average worker wage, and a $58,330 average annual salary. Thus, about 27.756 out of every 1000 jobs in Boston are held by registered nurses, and 4.319/1000 are held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.

Of the 8 nursing schools in Boston, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Simmons College comes out as the most expensive ($34,498/yr) for nursing students, with Bunker Hill Community College as the lowest, reported at only $7,745/yr.

Name	State	Population	# of Schools	Avg School Rank	Total Programs	Distance from Boston
Chelsea	MA	44,282	1	26.6747	5	4.2 miles
Somerville	MA	75,604	1	21.9743	9	5.4 miles
Cambridge	MA	108,135	7	39.5149	268	5.8 miles
Brookline	MA	55,248	4	18.3285	60	6.3 miles
Malden	MA	55,904	4	25.7416	22	6.6 miles
Milton	MA	-	2	30.0286	66	6.7 miles
Brighton	MA	-	3	22.1394	9	7.0 miles
Chestnut Hill	MA	-	2	53.2355	134	7.8 miles
Watertown	MA	-	4	19.8045	105	8.6 miles
Weymouth	MA	55,115	0	-	0	9.7 miles
Needham	MA	-	1	85.1852	4	11.6 miles
Waltham	MA	60,722	3	63.6138	127	11.8 miles
Woburn	MA	-	3	29.2811	25	11.8 miles
Peabody	MA	51,672	0	-	0	13.4 miles
Wellesley	MA	-	2	79.2832	74	14.2 miles
Brockton	MA	92,742	6	30.966	101	18.0 miles
Billerica	MA	40,949	1	35.5405	2	19.5 miles
Framingham	MA	64,549	2	43.2155	61	21.6 miles
North Andover	MA	-	1	30.19	56	25.5 miles
Lowell	MA	104,063	4	27.7393	100	25.8 miles
North Attleborough	MA	43,307	0	-	0	30.1 miles
Taunton	MA	55,679	1	23.0007	3	30.6 miles
Attleboro	MA	42,840	0	-	0	31.8 miles
Woonsocket	RI	42,967	0	-	0	34.0 miles
Nashua	NH	86,706	4	32.4184	139	37.1 miles
Pawtucket	RI	71,155	3	14.7207	9	37.1 miles
Smithfield	RI	-	2	41.9902	100	39.7 miles
Leominster	MA	41,104	0	-	0	40.3 miles
Worcester	MA	174,854	11	28.6428	380	40.7 miles
East Providence	RI	48,249	1	29.3002	11	41.2 miles

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