<p>My child is a current junior who is looking for a nursing program that also would allow her to take some liberal arts courses. She is a great student , wonderful EC's and very dedicated to helping others and seeing the world. Suggestions please........ this is a very recent change in direction for her.</p>
<p>UPenn, UVA, and the University of Washington have very highly regarded nursing programs.</p>
<p>Some others that may have what you are looking for are Rutgers, Suny Binghamton, Suny Stony Brook, Villanova, UPitt and College of Mt. Saint Vincent (Riverdale NY).</p>
<p>University of Michigan</p>
<p>Can someone explain to me which would be better .....a liberal arts education focusing on going to nursing school after or an undergraduate nursing program ? This is all so unfamiliar to me so any and all help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>There are plenty of smaller regional LACs out there that offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Off the top of my head, I can think of several back in my home state of Iowa including Luther College, Coe College, Iowa Wesleyan College, and Upper Iowa University. There have to be a whole bunch in New York State too.</p>
<p>Whether it is better, professionally, to do a BSN at a liberal arts college, or to do an RN at a hospital-based nurse training program is a whole different question that you may want to take up with any nurses that you personally know. Some students prefer to start at a community college for an LPN program (usually two years) and then let the hospital that hires them pay for further studies. I have a younger cousin who is currently going that route.</p>
<p>It looks to me like you will have some interesting research ahead of you!</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply. I believe it would be best for my daughter to attend a 4 year program that combines the BSN with liberal arts in the NY area or no more than 4 or 5 hours away.</p>
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<p>There must be scads more in your area!</p>
<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>
<p>Just a few thoughts about nursing education. </p>
<p>There are a couple of different ways to become a nurse. There is the LPN route, usually associated vocational school and takes about 18 months. You are not an RN.
Community colleges offer a 2 yr degree and at the end, you are qualified to sit for the state boards for RN licensure.
There used to be 3 year hospital based RN programs but those have gone the way of the dinosaur.
The best way, in my opinion, is the 4 yr BSN route. These programs are at a variety of 4 yr colleges/universities. You will find that as you look into the nursing programs that they tend to be rather rigid in their curriculum and there isn't always alot of room for electives. That's because there are many required science, psych/soc classes on top of meeting university core curriculum requirements. By the time a nursing student reaches jr year, maybe 1 course/semester is a non-nursing major course. So those first 2 yrs are busy with required classes.
I would recommend looking closely at each universities curriculum and see which ones allows your daughter the most flexibility. </p>
<p>Also, one other piece of advice, going to a private big name college/university rather than a state university is not always an advantage in nursing. For lack of a better word, the "pedigree" of your undergrad education doesn't really matter that much. The grad from UB can get a job just as easily as the grad from UPenn. And the starting salary will be the same too.
When you are looking at the programs, look at their NCLEX (state board exam) passing rates. That will give you a good idea of how well-prepared their grads are.</p>
<p>What's UB ? Thank you for the advise.</p>
<p>I believe UB is Suny Buffalo which would also be a good one to look at. A few others to add to your list are Quinnipiac and Pace. Pace has two campuses (NYC and Westchester) and I think the program is offered at both of them. Hartwick (upstate NY) and The College of New Jersey also have nursing programs.</p>
<p>Here is a list of top national universities sorted by the proportion of bachelors graduates in nursing. IPEDS 2004 data.</p>
<p>university, SAT 75th percentile, total bachelors graduates, number of bachelors graduates in nursing, proportion of bachelors graduates in nursing</p>
<p>JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 1490 1288 161 0.125
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK 1560 1804 158 0.088
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1320 1614 124 0.077
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER 1410 1174 84 0.072
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE 1280 3392 184 0.054
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 1240 4015 212 0.053
MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY 1280 1549 78 0.050
SUNY AT BINGHAMTON 1340 2285 112 0.049
EMORY UNIVERSITY 1460 1480 72 0.049
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-MAIN CAMPUS 1330 3861 170 0.044
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 1350 2155 91 0.042
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY 1470 1670 70 0.042
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1510 2797 113 0.040
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY 1290 2296 85 0.037
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 1300 3020 102 0.034
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY 1420 790 26 0.033
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA 1280 4086 134 0.033
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA-MAIN CAMPUS 1430 3207 101 0.031
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE 1240 4035 123 0.030
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT 1270 3673 92 0.025
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1290 9134 219 0.024
AUBURN UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS 1210 3917 92 0.023
DUKE UNIVERSITY 1530 1539 36 0.023
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY 1320 2798 58 0.021
BOSTON COLLEGE 1410 2223 46 0.021
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 1360 8574 167 0.019
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 1410 4492 85 0.019
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON 1390 6336 115 0.018
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES 1280 6049 108 0.018
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR 1390 5923 93 0.016
PURDUE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1260 6242 97 0.016
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 1320 6829 92 0.013
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS 1280 8288 106 0.013
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1440 4344 53 0.012
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 1240 7783 94 0.012
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 1340 8917 107 0.012
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON-SEATTLE CAMPUS 1310 7194 77 0.011
MIAMI UNIVERSITY-OXFORD 1320 3784 30 0.008
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES 1410 7026 22 0.003</p>
<p>Just as a caution--the test score info may not be relevant for the nursing school at a university. Nursing schools may be looking for a specific set of characteristics and pre-college coursework, and may put a lesser emphasis on factors that the more-populated schools within a university rely upon.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I have just recently been accepted to Villanova, University of Washington and New York University nursing programs. </p>
<p>Which do you guys recommend? – Its so hard to decide!</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>*Thanks for your reply. I believe it would be best for my daughter to attend a 4 year program that combines the BSN with liberal arts in the NY area or no more than 4 or 5 hours away. *</p>
<p>that’s a good idea. There’s no point in paying high tuition for out-of-state publics or privates when there are good programs in your state for a good price. I would only suggest going OOS or to a pricey private if your D’s stats would give her a huge merit scholarship.</p>
<p>Clemson has a pretty good nursing major. They only have a freshman class of about 40 students every year though so it’s very selective.</p>