Nursing Program @Grand Canyon University

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Anyone know if the GCU nursing program is ok? Good teachers? Accredited?

I know it's expensive and they were financially strapped as of Jan '04, but supposedly that's behind them.

Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

Second, most of you may not know GCU's history but their tuition was as low as state university at one point because they used to be non-profit private school. After a million dollar debts, this California company bought them out which they establish online classes with various degrees available to everyone in all over the state. So, yes.. you will receive emails/letters from them like you will receive from other universities that offer online degrees. Heck.. I still receive emails from Johns Hopkins University for 5+ years.

All I know is what the tuition was last year, this year, and what it is today. It's really high. GCU is a unique for-profit fundamentalist Christian university, and prospective students need to know this. I believe it's the only for-profit Christian university in the nation.

And the emails and newsletters I receive from another university I've attended is not like the sales pitches and emails I've received from GCU.

In additionally, GCU students have excellent programs where they receive huge varieties of clinical experience, individual supports from professors and staffs, and great learning environment. The school may be located in a "bad" neighborhoods but the security is great within the campus and maintenance of the buildings/gardens/parking lots are great as well. And yes, some have a strong pride in GCU nursing school just like others do so don't take this in negative ways.

Now this sounds like a glossed-over canned response a recruiter might give to a student's objection or concern.

If anyone have any questions about GCU and its nursing program.. feel free to ask me anything. Thank you.

As I said before, GCU is a perfectly respectable school. Some of us here on the board were addressing some of the absurd statements like it's the best nursing program in the state and that a BSN is always > than an ADN. GCU is the best program in the state only in the same way Liberty University is "better" than Yale. :rolleyes:

Why do I get the impression that some GCU sales staff (aka representatives) are here, and not nursing students?

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Why do I get the impression that some GCU sales staff (aka representatives) are here, and not nursing students?

Hmmm. I get that same sinking feeling...

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

If I hadn't been accepted to a state school, I would have definitely considered GCU and been glad to be accepted there. And I would have been proud of my GCU degree, and my school.

But I wouldn't go boasting on allnurses that GCU the best program in the state and that BSN always > ADN. Now that's just nonsense, and all the pre-nursing students out there need to know it.

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If I hadn't been accepted to a state school, I would have definitely considered GCU and been glad to be accepted there. And I would have been proud of my GCU degree, and my school.

But I wouldn't go boasting on allnurses that GCU the best program in the state and that BSN always > ADN. Now that's just nonsense, and all the pre-nursing students out there need to know it.

Hey Multicollinearity, Did you attend ASU, UofA, or NAU? I'm planning on attending ASU (if I'm competitive enough lol)!

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.
Hey Multicollinearity, Did you attend ASU, UofA, or NAU? I'm planning on attending ASU (if I'm competitive enough lol)!

I'll never tell!!! Muuhaahaa!!! I like my anonymity. ;)

Good luck, nicolemsm. As long as you maintain an excellent GPA and have a plan B, I bet you'll be just fine.

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I'll never tell!!! Muuhaahaa!!! I like my anonymity. ;)

Good luck, nicolemsm. As long as you maintain an excellent GPA and have a plan B, I bet you'll be just fine.

hahaha okay! I see how it is!!!! :p
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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

University Ranking from US News and World Report

For reference, Harvard is ranked TIER ONE, number one (the very best). Universities are ranked from tier one (best) to tier four, and some are not ranked at all.

University of Arizona is ranked TIER ONE, number 96:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/1083

Arizona State University is ranked TIER ONE, number 121:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/1081

Northern Arizona University is ranked TIER FOUR:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/1082

Grand Canyon University is not even ranked:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/1074

Personally, I don't care too much about these rankings. I know that an excellent education can occur in small, little-known places. But these rankings are relevant when someone claims GCU is so elite, "the best" etc., here in AZ.

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University Ranking from US News and World Report

For reference, Harvard is ranked TIER ONE, number one (the very best). Universities are ranked from tier one (best) to tier four, and some are not ranked at all.

University of Arizona is ranked TIER ONE, number 96:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/1083

Arizona State University is ranked TIER ONE, number 121:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/1081

Northern Arizona University is ranked TIER FOUR:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/1082

Grand Canyon University is not even ranked:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/items/1074

Personally, I don't care too much about these rankings. I know that an excellent education can occur in small, little-known places. But these rankings are relevant when someone claims GCU is so elite, "the best" etc., here in AZ.

GCU is a private school. Not a state school. Try to rank it under private school. Wow!!

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wow, so many things to catch up with.

1. I am not a GCU sale staff (or representative). I have graduated there in nursing.

2. CardiacRN2006... you can laugh as much as you want but I just felt that your previous posts (ever since 2006) showed so much bitter toward this school. I haven't looked at your replies to other schools but maybe that's just your personality....

3. Multicollinearity... Well, like I said before.. everybody has pride in their nursing schools so please don't take it in negative ways. Also, the link that you put about the ranks of school.. I am sure you know this but the ranks will vary depends on which program/schools you look at. Example, U of A's business school maybe top in the state but ASU may have better Psychology program.. etc, etc. So, if you find the rank of nursing programs.. please share :-)

4. My purpose of this post is that all the readers should know both sides when they open this link. I just felt like I needed to verify some statements that were made here.

Thanks! =) Go 'Lopes!!!

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.
GCU is a private school. Not a state school. Try to rank it under private school. Wow!!

The US News and World Report rankings I referenced includes private schools. The number one university in this list is a private school. GCU (undergrad, university as a whole) just isn't ranked at all.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

I found rankings for graduate school nursing programs:

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-nursing-schools/rankings

State specific:

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-nursing-schools/rankings/state+AZ

The University of Arizona is scores at 26 in the nation. Grand Canyon University comes in near the end at 250.

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Specializes in Acute Care Psych, DNP Student.

3. Multicollinearity... Well, like I said before.. everybody has pride in their nursing schools so please don't take it in negative ways. Also, the link that you put about the ranks of school.. I am sure you know this but the ranks will vary depends on which program/schools you look at. Example, U of A's business school maybe top in the state but ASU may have better Psychology program.. etc, etc. So, if you find the rank of nursing programs.. please share :-)

I'm not finding undergrad program rankings. I could only find university-as-a-whole rankings for undergrad and graduate school program rankings. At this point, though, I'm tired of all the ranking business.

It's great to have pride in your college or university. It's quite another thing to post that your program is "the best in the state" when evidence shows it is not. (Another member posted this, not you.)

We can't all be #1. To boot, the poster said GCU new grads will get jobs over grads from some other programs. That statement deserved to be refuted and refuted strongly.

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