Would you hire an MUSC grad over anyone else?

[lowkey_44]

I am wondering how true of a statement this is. I am in a nursing program that is not MUSC, and I was recently told by someone in the medical field that by having a degree from MUSC (we were talking exclusively about nursing jobs), someone would be hired ANYWHERE in the country and be put on top of the list of candidates. I understand completely that that could apply in the state of South Carolina, but I was utterly gobsmacked to be told that this University has that kind of far reaching prowess and regard in other parts of the U.S.. I mean, before I even moved here I had never heard of it. My question to other nurses out there is if you have heard of MUSC in other states, or if you have done hiring if you would agree with this statement? I am trying to get a feel for rough the job outlook will be for me when I graduate next year and every new hire position is autosaved for MUSC RNs. For the record, I am more than able and willing to relocate for a job, but deeply enjoy the Charleston area.

[Hoosier_RN, MSN]

Not true...maybe in their locality, but in my neck of the woods...meh

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

Not in SE Texas either

[Atl-Murse]

Never heard of the school. That assertion cannot be true in the Atlanta area. Someone is blowing smoke where the sun don't shine

[roser13, ASN, RN]

Don't even know what MUSC is.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

Although I know that MUSC stands for the Medical University of South Carolina, the reality is that many hiring managers outside SC have never heard of this school and will therefore not have a predetermined opinion of its educational quality.

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

I lived in SC for 10 years and I didn't know they HAD a nursing program. I am pretty sure one of our OT is getting her ODT there, so they must have expanded.

[not2bblue]

Never heard of the school. I mean, some managers may hire from state schools or traditional schools before a for profit school, but other than the immediate area where the school is, most nurses are not going to care.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

Don't even know what MUSC is.

Me neither. And I can guarantee that this statement isn't true in Boston.

[meanmaryjean, DNP, RN]

"Someone in the medical field" doesn't know their butt from their elbow.

[klone, MSN, RN]

Don't even know what MUSC is.

THANK YOU! I was just thinking the same thing.

So in answer to your question, OP....no.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I have one more thought...

I want to impress upon the OP that nursing is unlike law or business, where the name of the school determines the trajectory of one's career.

In law or business, a degree from a top 25 school is imperative. However, a nurse can graduate from a no-name unranked regional state university, community college, private nonprofit college, or public flagship school and have a fruitful career.

As long as the investor-owned schools of questionable repute are avoided, a nurse can prevail. In addition, a number of nurses have thrived even after having attended investor-owned schools of poor repute.

My point is that the name of a nursing program does not carry the same degree of significance that the name of one's law school or MBA program would.