If you intend to purse a nursing degree in Texas, you should aim at the top nursing schools in Texas. Let’s show below, which schools have a standard curriculum for nursing education and are recognized by the market.
See the latest nursing school ranking of the state and check the top nursing colleges among the institutions and the best evaluated courses in Texas.
List of Best Nursing Colleges in Texas
| Rankings | Nursing Universities | Nursing Colleges |
| 1 | University of Texas Health Science Center Houston Mailing Address: 1100 Holcombe, Houston, TX 77030 Website Homepage: http://son.uth.tmc.edu/ |
School of Nursing |
| 2 | University of Texas Austin Mailing Address: 1700 Red River Street, Austin, TX 78701-1412 Phone Number: (512) 471-7311 Website Homepage: http://www.utexas.edu/nursing/ |
School of Nursing |
| 3 | University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Mailing Address: 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900 Phone Number: (210) 567-5805 E-mail: hayesj2@uthscsa.edu Website Homepage: http://nursing.uthscsa.edu/ |
School of Nursing |
| 4 | Texas Woman’s University Mailing Address: PO Box 425498, Denton, TX 76204-5498 Phone Number: (940) 898-2401 E-mail: astiles@twu.edu Website Homepage: http://www.twu.edu/nursing/ |
College of Nursing |
| 5 | University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston Mailing Address: 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-1029 Phone Number: (409) 772-8206 E-mail: lkhorace@utmb.edu Website Homepage: http://son.utmb.edu/ |
School of Nursing |
| 6 | Baylor University Mailing Address: 3700 Worth Street, Dallas, TX 75246 Phone Number: (214) 820-3361 E-mail: BU_Nursing@baylor.edu Website Homepage: http://www.baylor.edu/nursing/splash.php |
The Louise Herrington School of Nursing |
| 7 | University of Texas Arlington Mailing Address: Pickard Hall, PO Box 19407, Arlington, TX 76019-0407 Phone Number: (817)272-2776 E-mail: nursing@uta.edu Website Homepage: http://www.uta.edu/nursing/ |
School of Nursing |
| 8 | Texas Christian University Mailing Address: 2800 W. Bowie Street, Fort Worth, TX 76019 Phone Number: (817) 257-7650 E-mail: s.moore@tcu.edu Website Homepage: http://www.harriscollege.tcu.edu/grad/HSNHome.htm |
Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences |
| 9 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Mailing Address: 3601 Fourth Street, Lubbock, TX 79430 Phone Number: (800)851-8240 E-mail: SONGRAD@ttuhsc.edu Website Homepage: http://www.ttuhsc.edu/son/ |
School of Nursing |
| 10 | University of Texas Tyler Mailing Address: 3900 University Boulevard, Tyler, TX 75799 Phone Number: (903) 566-7320 Website Homepage: http://www.uttyler.edu/nursing/con2/index.php |
College of Nursing and Health services |
| 11 | Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Mailing Address: 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412 Phone Number: (631) 825-2648 E-mail: conhs@falcon.tamucc.edu Website Homepage: http://conhs.tamucc.edu/ |
School of Nursing and Health Sciences |
| 12 | University of Texas El Paso Mailing Address: 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79902 Phone Number: (915) 747-8214 E-mail: rlanders@utep.edu Website Homepage: http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=academics.utep.edu/son |
School of Nursing |
| 13 | University of the Incarnate Word Mailing Address: 4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78209 Phone Number: (210) 829-3982 E-mail: light@uiwtx.edu Website Homepage: http://www.uiw.edu/nursing/ |
Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing |
| 14 | University of Texas Brownsville Mailing Address: 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX 78520 Phone Number: (956) 882-5086 E-mail: ava.miller@utb.edu Website Homepage: http://blue.utb.edu/shs/nursing_dept.html |
Nursing Department |
| 15 | University of Texas Pan American Mailing Address: 1201 W. University Drive, Edinburg, TX 78540 Phone Number: (956)381-3491 E-mail: jmaville@utpa.edu Website Homepage: http://portal.utpa.edu/portal/page/portal/utpa_main/daa_home/hshs_home/hshs_nursing/ |
Nursing Department |
| 16 | West Texas A&M University Mailing Address: Killgore Research Center, Rm. 102, Canyon, TX 79016 E-mail: graduateschool@mail.wtamu.edu Website Homepage: http://www.wtamu.edu/academics/nursing.aspx |
Division of Nursing |
| 17 | Abilene Christian University Mailing Address: 2149 Hickory Street, Abilene, TX 79601 Phone Number: (325) 671-2399 Website Homepage: http://www.acu.edu/academics/library/ejournals/subject/nursing.html |
Nursing |
| 18 | Hardin Simmons University Mailing Address: 2149 Hickory Street, Abilene, TX 79601 Phone Number: (325) 671-2361 E-mail: aroberts@phssn.edu Website Homepage: http://www.phssn.edu/graduate.htm |
Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing |
| 19 | Lamar University Mailing Address: 4400 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Beaumont, TX 77710 Phone Number: (409) 880-7720 E-mail: nursing@lamar.edu Website Homepage: http://dept.lamar.edu/nursing/ |
Department of Nursing |
| 20 | Prairie View A&M University Mailing Address: 6436 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030 Phone Number: (713) 797-7000 Website Homepage: http://www.pvamu.edu/nursing/ |
College of Nursing |
| 21 | Midwestern State University Mailing Address: 3410 Taft Boulevard, Wichita Falls, TX 76308 Phone Number: (940) 397-4331 E-mail: nursing.program@mwsu.edu Website Homepage: http://hs2.mwsu.edu/nursing/ |
Wilson School of Nursing |
| 22 | McMurry University (Shelton) Mailing Address: 2149 Hickory Street, Abilene, TX 79601 Phone Number: (325) 671-2399 E-mail: aroberts@phssn.edu Website Homepage: http://www.phssn.edu/graduate.htm |
Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing |
| 23 | Angelo State University Mailing Address: ASU Station 10902, San Angelo, TX 76909-0902 Phone Number: (325) 942-2224 E-mail: leslie.mayrand@angelo.edu%20 Website Homepage: http://www.angelo.edu/dept/nursing/ |
Department of Nursing |
| 24 | Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing Mailing Address: 2149 Hickory Street, Abilene, TX 79601 Phone Number: (325)671-2399 Website Homepage: http://www.phssn.edu/ |
Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing |
Texas state symbols
- Tree – common pecan (brown pecan, Carya illinoinensis)
- Flower – Texas lupine (Lupinus texensis)
- Grass – butelua side (Buteloua curtipendula)
- Cactus – prickly pear (Opuntia)
- Shrub – Indian lagerstroemia (Indian lilac, Lagerstroemia indica) and shrub leucophyllum (Leucophyllum frutescens)
- Beast – Texas Longhorn (breed of cattle), nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) and Mexican folded mouth (Tadarida brasiliensis)
- Dog breed – Blue Lacey
- Bird – many-voiced mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Fish – Guadalupe perch (Micropterus treculii)
- Reptile – Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)
- Mollusk – sinistrofulgur perversum (Sinistrofulgur perversum pulleyi)
- Insect – Monarch Danaid (Danaus plexippus)
- Dinosaur – Sauroposeidon
- Food product (dish) – chili con carne
- Food product (bread) – pan de campo (“cowboy bread”)
- Food product (fruit) – Texas red grapefruit
- Food product (nut) – pecan
- Food product (pepper) – jalapeno
- Food item (snack) – tortilla chips with salsa
- Pistol – Colt Walker
- Dance – square dance
- Musical instrument – acoustic guitar
- Musical style – western swing
- Precious (ornamental) stone – blue topaz
- Fossil – petrified palm wood
- Kind of sport – rodeo
- Song – “Texas, Our Texas” (Texas, Our Texas, author of music and lyrics by William Marsh)
Texas Fifty States Quarter Dollar
The Texas Fifty States Quarter Dollar coin features a star against the outline of the state and a rope lasso.
The inscription on the coin reads The Lone Star State.
America the Beautiful
One of the quarter dollar coins from the America the Beautiful series is dedicated to Mission San Antonio National Historical Park, located in Texas.
The coin depicts a Greek cross with a lion, waves, a sheaf of wheat and the arches of the San Francisco de la Espada mission at the corners.
The inscription on the coin reads San Antonio Missions (“San Antonio Missions”).