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Top 10 Nursing Schools

Here's a list of the top 10 nursing schools in the US as provided by the USN best college report.

Nursing College Rankings

The rankings are the results of surveys of deans and faculty staff at accredited schools and they rated the colleges on a five point scale from 1 (marginal) to 5 (outstanding) and the scores are averaged.

As ranked in 2007 the score against each college for top 10 nursing programs is as follows

  1. University of Washington, Seattle WA - 4.7
  2. University of California, San Francisco CA - 4.6
  3. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA - 4.5
  4. John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD - 4.4
  5. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI - 4.3
  6. University of North Caroline School of Nursing, Chapel Hill NC - 4.3
  7. Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR - 4.2
  8. University of Illinois, Chicago IL - 4.2
  9. University of Maryland, Baltimore MD - 4.2
  10. University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg PA - 4.2

The top 10 midwifery colleges for the same methodology are as follows:

  1. Oregon Health and Science University, Portland OR - 4.2
  2. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA - 4.0
  3. University of California, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco CA - 3.9
  4. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM - 3.9
  5. Yale University, New Haven CT - 3.9
  6. University of Illinois, Chicago IL - 3.7
  7. University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis MN - 3.7
  8. Emory University, Atlanta GA - 3.6
  9. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI - 3.6
  10. University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 3.6

2008 Top Online Nursing Schools

You'll see the same online nursing school appear time and again from the websites you have visited and this list includes the following:

  1. Walden University
  2. Kaplan University
  3. University of Phoenix
  4. South University
  5. Indiana State University
  6. American Sentinel University
  7. Norwich University
  8. Liberty University
  9. Keiser University
  10. Chamberlain College of Nursing

2009 Pass Rates NCLEX Exams

Here are the current pass rates taking the NCLEX examination year to date for 2009 first time sitting US educated.

 

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