Case Western v. USF bsn

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Hi everyone,

I was recently accepted in the bsn programs for Case Western Reserve University and University of San Francisco.

They are both 4-year programs.

At USF, clinicals start the 2nd year, while at Case Western they start freshman year. I know that Case Western students have over 1600 clinical hours, but I was not able to find this information for USF.

Luckily, I received financial aid from both, and the cost for both programs would be very similar.

What I am wondering about is the outcomes of each program-whether new grads are able to find jobs, and whether they have a good reputation in hospitals and to nurse managers.

I would appreciate any insight any of you would have on these two schools. Thanks again!

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Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

Both are reputable institutions so I'm sure you will get a great education regardless of which one you pick. I live in San Francisco and a good number of the nurses at work are USF grads. I've also worked with some CWRU grads and they are equally competent. Your next step may be figuring out where you want to live while in school and where you will want to work afterwards.

San Francisco is a nice city but very expensive. There are great hospitals in the area (UCSF, Stanford) but the job market is highly saturated. Many new grads are struggling to find jobs. Cleveland is more affordable but you deal with the four seasons (snow!). There are great hospitals there too (Cleveland Clinic) and the chances of finding a job after graduation is likely better than San Francisco.

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Thank you for the answer, I'm going to visit CWRU in February so that will help me decide.

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