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Best Nursing Colleges of 2012-2013

Rankings won't tell you everything you need to know about a nursing program, but they will point you in the right direction. They're an excellent starting point for finding a reputable, competitive nursing school. At a glance they allow you to compare the relative quality of the most reputable nursing programs based on generally accepted indicators or quality such as graduation rates, student retention, and faculty. Rankings may also help to broaden your options. You may be surprised to find some new nursings schools you hadn't previously considered attending.

As we mentioned, rankings are just a starting point in your search for a nursing program or college. As you search for a good nursing program there are many things you should consider. If you work, does the program offer a heavily structured or a more flexible environment? How involved are school faculty in the program? How strong is a nursing school's affiliation with major hospitals and clinics? How much clinical work is required for graduation? Does the nursing school provide adequate resources including computers, science laboratories and off-campus/clinical work? How large are the class sizes? What type of academic and career counseling services does the school provide? How much one-on-one time can you expect to receive with your professor? What is the school's student placement rate for graduates of their program?

Below you'll find the 2013 edition of U.S. News Best Colleges rankings for nursing schools and programs accross the United States. To get started simply pick a school from the list below - and then start doing your homework!
  Clinical Nurse Specialist: Adult / Medical-Surgical
  Clinical Nurse Specialist: Community / Public Health
  Clinical Nurse Specialist: Psychiatric / Mental Health
  Nurse Practitioner: Adult
  Nurse Practitioner: Family
  Nurse Practitioner: Gerontological/Geriatric
  Nurse Practitioner: Pediatric
  Nursing Service Administration

Nursing College Rankings

Rank Name
1 Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD
2 University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA
3 University of Washington - Seattle, WA
4 University of California--San Francisco - San Francisco, CA
5 University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill, NC
6 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor - Ann Arbor, MI
7 Duke University - Durham, NC
8 Oregon Health and Science University - Portland, OR
9 University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA
10 Yale University - New Haven, CT
11 University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
12 University of Maryland--Baltimore - Baltimore, MD
13 Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH
14 Indiana University-Purdue University--Indianapolis - Indianapolis, IN
15 Rush University - Chicago, IL
16 University of Colorado--Denver - Denver, CO
17 University of Illinois--Chicago - Chicago, IL
18 University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA
19 Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN
20 University of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
21 Boston College - Chestnut Hill, MA
22 Columbia University - New York, NY
23 University of Wisconsin--Madison - Madison, WI
24 Emory University - Atlanta, GA
25 University of California--Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
26 University of Texas Health Science Center--Houston - Houston, TX
27 University of Texas--Austin - Austin, TX
28 New York University - New York, NY
29 University of Alabama--Birmingham - Birmingham, AL
30 University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY
31 Ohio State University - Columbus, OH
32 Arizona State University - Phoenix, AZ
33 Georgetown University - Washington, DC
34 University of Florida - Gainesville, FL
35 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities - Minneapolis, MN
36 University of Nebraska Medical Center - Omaha, NE
37 University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Memphis, TN
38 Loyola University Chicago - Chicago, IL
39 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee - Milwaukee, WI
40 Catholic University of America - Washington, DC
41 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - Little Rock, AR
42 University of Kansas - Kansas City, KS
43 University of Texas Health Science Center--San Antonio - San Antonio, TX
44 University of Rochester - Rochester, NY
45 Wayne State University - Detroit, MI
46 Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing - Hyden, KY
47 Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI
48 University of Utah - Salt Lake City, UT
49 Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, VA
50 University of Missouri - Columbia, MO
51 University of San Diego - San Diego, CA
52 Marquette University - Milwaukee, WI
53 Villanova University - Villanova, PA
54 Medical College of Georgia - Augusta, GA
55 Medical University of South Carolina - Charleston, SC
56 Pennsylvania State University--University Park - University Park, PA
57 St. Louis University - St. Louis, MO
58 Texas Woman's University - Denton, TX
59 University of Louisville - Louisville, KY
60 University of Massachusetts--Amherst - Amherst, MA
61 University of San Francisco - San Francisco, CA
62 George Mason University - Fairfax, VA
63 George Washington University - Washington, DC
64 Northeastern University - Boston, MA
65 University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT
66 Brigham Young University - Provo, UT
67 University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center - Oklahoma City, OK
68 Pace University - New York, NY
69 University of Texas Medical Branch--Galveston - Galveston, TX
70 University of South Carolina - Columbia, SC
* College rankings based on editor generated composite of major ranking indices.
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