<p>How rigorous is the nursing program?</p>
<p>It's pretty difficult. Hard to get into and demanding. My wife went through in the late 70s and it was a real bear at times.</p>
<p>They produce some excellent nurses, though. The boards passage rate is about 98%. See: <a href="http://fsu.edu/highlights/rankings.html#nur%5B/url%5D">http://fsu.edu/highlights/rankings.html#nur</a></p>
<p>and: <a href="http://www.fsu.edu/%7Enursing/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fsu.edu/~nursing/</a></p>
<p>Here's a bit from the FSU nursing web page: </p>
<p>"Founded in 1950, the FSU School of Nursing was the first nationally accredited baccalaureate degree in nursing in the state of Florida. Today, it continues to provide the highest standard of nursing education to very bright students. In fact, currently the GPA for incoming freshman is above 4.0, and the upperclassmen coming into the BSN program is 3.78."</p>
<p>thank you very much!</p>