| Rank | Institution |
| 1 | New Mexico Military Institute |
| 2 | New College of Florida |
| 3 | Citadel Military College of South Carolina |
| 4 | Richard Bland College of the College of William and Mary |
| 5 | Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing |
| 6 | Montana State University-Northern |
| 7 | University of Maine at Machias |
| 8 | Sul Ross State University |
| 9 | Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professions |
| 10 | University of North Carolina School of the Arts |
| 11 | Valley City State University |
| 12 | Texas A & M University-Texarkana |
| 13 | University of Hawaii-West Oahu |
| 14 | University of Maine at Fort Kent |
| 15 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
| 16 | University of South Florida-Sarasota-Manatee |
| 17 | Bluefield State College |
| 18 | United States Coast Guard Academy |
| 19 | The University of Virginia's College at Wise |
| 20 | University of Pittsburgh-Titusville |
| 21 | Southern University at New Orleans |
| 22 | Kentucky State University |
| 23 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy |
| 24 | West Virginia State University |
| 25 | Elizabeth City State University |
| 26 | Johnson State College |
| 27 | Montana Tech of the University of Montana |
| 28 | Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary |
| 29 | Montana Bible College |
| 30 | SUNY Maritime College |
| 31 | Dickinson State University |
| 32 | Adams State University |
| 33 | Lyndon State College |
| 34 | West Liberty University |
| 35 | Cox College |
| 36 | Castleton State College |
| 37 | Kettering College |
| 38 | Indiana University-Kokomo |
| 39 | Indiana University-East |
| 40 | Lincoln University of Pennsylvania |
| 41 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Shenango |
| 42 | Eastern Oregon University |
| 43 | Concord University |
| 44 | Trinity Baptist College |
| 45 | University of North Carolina at Asheville |
| 46 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny |
| 47 | University of South Florida-St Petersburg |
| 48 | Tennessee Temple University |
| 49 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Schuylkill |
| 50 | Northern State University |