How can I find out the ratings/rankings for nursing grad progams?

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Specializes in PICU/Peds.

I was just wondering if anyone out there knew how I can find out the rankings of schools by different programs? Such as PNP, FNP, etc. Are there any out there? Ive exhausted my search for this on the internet. Also Ive been looking for the % of students that passed their boards on the 1st attempt by school and program.Thanks for any help.

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

US News and World Report publishes rankings for graduate programs in nursing. However, you have to realize that their rankings are not extensively researched and are solely based on peer assessment surveys sent out deans and administrators of all accredited nursing programs.

From the US News website:

The health rankings are based solely on the results of peer assessment surveys sent to deans, other administrators, and/or faculty at accredited degree programs or schools in each discipline. All schools surveyed in a discipline were sent the same number of surveys. Respondents rated the academic quality of programs on a 5-point scale: outstanding (5 points); strong (4); good (3); adequate (2); or marginal (1), based on their assessment of the curriculum, faculty, and graduates. They were instructed to select "don't know" if they did not have enough knowledge to rate a program. Scores for each school were determined by computing a trimmed mean (eliminating the two highest and lowest responses) of the ratings of all respondents who rated that school; scores were then sorted in descending order. Only fully accredited programs in good standing during the survey period are ranked.

Top 40 (overall):

1. University of Washington 4.7 2. University of California--San Francisco 4.6 3. University of Pennsylvania 4.5 4. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.4 5. U. of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (Sch. of Nursing) 4.3 University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 4.3 7. Oregon Health and Science University 4.2 University of Illinois--Chicago 4.2 University of Maryland--Baltimore 4.2 University of Pittsburgh--Main Campus 4.2 Yale University (CT) 4.2 12. U. of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (Sch. of Public Health) 4.1 University of California--Los Angeles 4.1 University of Iowa 4.1 15. Case Western Reserve University (OH) 4.0 Duke University (NC) 4.0 Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ.--Indianapolis 4.0 University of Colorado--Denver and Health Sciences Center 4.0 19. Columbia University (NY) 3.9 Rush University (IL) 3.9 Univ. of Texas Health Science Center--Houston 3.9 University of Texas--Austin 3.9 University of Virginia 3.9 University of Wisconsin--Madison 3.9 Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.9 26. Boston College 3.8 Emory University (GA) 3.8 New York University 3.8 University of Alabama--Birmingham 3.8 University of Arizona 3.8 University of Kentucky 3.8 32. Arizona State University 3.7 Georgetown University (DC) 3.7 Ohio State University 3.7 University of Florida 3.7 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities 3.7 University of Nebraska Medical Center 3.7 University of Tennessee Health Science Center 3.7 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee 3.7 40. Catholic University of America (DC) 3.6 Loyola University Chicago 3.6 Univ. of Texas Health Science Center--San Antonio 3.6 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 3.6 University of Kansas 3.6 University of Rochester (NY) 3.6 Wayne State University (MI) 3.6

Top 10 FNP

1. University of Washington 2. University of California-San Francisco 3. University of Pennsylvania 4. Yale University (CT) 5. University of Colorado-Denver and Health Sciences Center University of Maryland-Baltimore 7. Columbia University (NY) 8. U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Sch. of Nursing) 9. Pace University (NY) 10. Rush University (IL)

Top 10 ANP

1. University of Pennsylvania 2. University of California-San Francisco 3. Columbia University (NY) University of Washington 5. Yale University (CT) 6. University of Maryland-Baltimore University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 8. University of Colorado-Denver and Health Sciences Center 9. Rush University (IL) University of Pittsburgh-Main Campus 11. Johns Hopkins University (MD)

Top 10 PNP

1. University of Pennsylvania Yale University (CT) 3. University of Colorado-Denver and Health Sciences Center 4. University of Washington 5. University of California-San Francisco 6. University of Pittsburgh-Main Campus 7. Rush University (IL) 8. Columbia University (NY) U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (Sch. of Nursing) 10. Boston College Catholic University of America (DC) University of Rochester (NY)

Top 10 GNP

1. University of Pennsylvania 2. University of Iowa 3. New York University 4. Case Western Reserve University (OH) 5. Oregon Health and Science University 6. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 7. University of California-San Francisco 8. Univ. of Texas Health Science Center-Houston 9. Rush University (IL) 10. Duke University (NC) University of Washington

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