I'm not sure these have been posted. These rankings were ranked as of 2007 and published in May 2008.
It's interesting because I don't even see Philadelphia's school of Midwifery here. Any other schools missing? Also, I'm a little surprised at Emory's ranking. I know it's a good school in general, but never heard too much about the midwifery school.
I love Shenandoah. I'm told they actually hold clinicals at the Farm in TN. Awesome!
Plus, you get your MSN in WHNP (I think) from JHU and then a post master'a certificate from Shenanodah in Midwifery. You can either transfer out to VA in your last year or they will set you up with clinical sites in Baltimore, if you prefer. I believe that you pay your tuition at that point to Shenandoah also. That's If I understood correctly.
Now as far as the goes, I agree that JHU is pricey. However, if I were going to stay in the area I would seriously consider doing this program p/t while working for JHH and allowing them to pony up 10k a year. It might actually be more now....
I'm sure this list is political in nature. The problem is who's really looking at this list? If it's the employers (i.e. physicians, hosp HR, etc), then at the end of the day, prospective students may have to consider the list when making a decision to attend a program-even if another lower ranked program is more effective.
I sincerely hope that potential employers aren't putting too much credence into this list. I might venture that there are certain networks established through alumni associations and fellowships. One example I think of are Frontier Grads. They always seem to be a really tight bunch, committed to common values, et cet. It is likely that Yale, Penn, ECU...they may all have their own thing. I suppose that kind of networked relationship plays more into hiring situations than any list would.
People do look at these lists. And what school you go to does matter to an employer - fair or not. I am currently interviewing midwifery students for my thesis and you'd be surprised how much of the same thing goes on at every school, regardless of the name. So don't let hearing bad things about a particular school completely sway you...we're complaining at every school!
Thanks for this post, I find it really interesting, especially given the consistently bad experiences I've heard about UPenn, Yale, and Columbia. And just for everyone's reference, NYU has suspended their midwifery program indefinitely.
NYU has re-opened their admission for the midwifery program...
Exciting New Announcement: New York University College of Nursing is NOW accepting applications for admission into its Master's degree and Advanced Certificate programs in Midwifery as of the spring of 2009 and fall of 2009. We look forward to reviewing your application and thank you for your interest in NYU College of Nursing for your graduate studies
this was taken directly from us news website. knock it if you want to, but right now there is no other ranking system out there. soo if it came down to 2 graduates that had similar backgrounds and were equal in every way, which would get hired, the one from a top ranking school, or the one from the unranked school? we live in a meritocracy. right or wrong its a fact.
nursing specialty rankings are based solely on ratings by educators at peer schools. nursing educators nominated up to 10 schools for excellence in each area.
scoring. to arrive at a school's rank, we examined the data for each quality indicator. where appropriate, we adjusted the indicators in which low values suggest higher quality, such as acceptance rates. we then standardized the value of each indicator about its mean. the weights applied to the indicators reflect our judgment about their relative importance, as determined in consultation with experts in each field. the final scores were rescaled: the highest-scoring school was assigned 100, and the other schools' scores were recalculated as a percentage of that top score. the scores were then rounded to the nearest whole number and schools placed in descending order.
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I love Shenandoah. I'm told they actually hold clinicals at the Farm in TN. Awesome!
Plus, you get your MSN in WHNP (I think) from JHU and then a post master'a certificate from Shenanodah in Midwifery. You can either transfer out to VA in your last year or they will set you up with clinical sites in Baltimore, if you prefer. I believe that you pay your tuition at that point to Shenandoah also. That's If I understood correctly.
Now as far as the
goes, I agree that JHU is pricey. However, if I were going to stay in the area I would seriously consider doing this program p/t while working for JHH and allowing them to pony up 10k a year. It might actually be more now....