Different school for MSN?

[bsnorbust]

Hi guys,

I joined the forum before even starting nursing school and it has been a god send for support and motivation. I have since earned my ADN, BSN and school nurse certification. My ADN was through a community college and my BSN and certification at a top reputable brick and mortar university in my city. I am now a school nurse and looking to pursue my MSN (possibly even DNP) in the future. 
 

I have heard that it’s better to pursue a graduate degree at a different school than your undergrad degree. Is there any truth to this? I aM thinking of getting my MSN ED through WGU or any reputable school (still on the fence about WGU). Also considering Advanced Population Health Nursing DNP. 
 

My ultimate goal is to move up in lane within my district due to having another degree and see where it takes me in the future. any idea on whether the school matters or if it should be a different one then my alma matter? 

[londonflo]

6 hours ago, bsnorbust said:

I have heard that it’s better to pursue a graduate degree at a different school than your undergrad degree

The thought was you will have experienced another point of view, different theory etc. Accrediting bodies for colleges do like to see the faculty coming from different schools of thought; they do not like to see all the faculty have degrees from the same institution which leads to institutional inbreeding. Now faculty are more mobile so I do not think it is such a problem. And if a nursing program has too many faculty from the same university, you, coming from somewhere else is very attractive to them for accreditation. I joined a nursing college whose faculty were almost all graduates of their school. In fact the office had two filing cabinets..one for faculty graduates of the program, and the other for faculty that graduated from other programs like me.

[bsnorbust]

Thank you very much for your valuable input. I haven’t considered this point of view but it makes sense. Interestingly enough a majority of my professors are graduates from my school and end up teaching there.