Just curious what people think has a better UNDERGRADUATE nursing program. U.S world news reports on graduate programs, but I haven’t seen undergraduate.
I’m just curious to hear what people think 
Your main concern should be cost and the passage rate of students on the NCLEX. Nursing schools are all pretty good and nursing grads are in demand in most places, so the place of graduation does not matter as much as in some other fields.
I completely agree @blprof !!
I think there are a plethora of great nursing nursing schools out there, I’m just curious to hear people’s thoughts on these four.
I’d say it boils down to fit, NCLEX pass rates, where graduates get jobs, and affordability. They are all good choices for nursing.
^This. People aren’t really going to be able to give you a hardcore ranking of them - there’s a reason that one doesn’t really exist. All four are excellent colleges with great nursing programs; what you should be looking at is the NCLEX pass rates and job placement post-college. Might be a good idea to ask what the national placement is; a lot of nursing schools place locally. If the local market is tight or you don’t necessarily want to stay in one of those four cities after graduation then that might not be useful to you.
National pass rate: 83%
University of Washington: 89.3%
Boston College pass rate: 92.5%
Georgetown: 93.5%
University of Michigan: 96.5%
Those are all close enough to each other that you probably shouldn’t really worry so much about it either way (the differences might not be significant anyway - they may be due to random chance and fluctuate from year to year). So pick based upon fit with the university, opportunities both for clinicals and related education during college and placement after college, and affordability for your family.
Pay attention to admission and retention in the nursing major. Check each school’s nursing major for the following:
a. Are frosh applicants directly admitted to the nursing major, or can they only get into pre-nursing status or general admission to the school?
b. If not directly admitted to the nursing major as frosh, how high a GPA is needed or how competitive is the admission process to enter the nursing major?
c. Once in the nursing major, how strict are the grade and GPA requirements to stay in the nursing major?
Thanks guys!
@c011e9e Schools with average (3 year) pass rates of 92% - 95% but with the prospect of significant merit are St. Anselm, U of Scranton, Farfield and Sacred Heart.