Nursing School Rankings???

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How does one find out individual nursing school rankings? Not necessarily the way a school ranks themsleves but by a national ranking system?

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

These rankings are done by the US News & World Report. I believe these are the latest rankings available.

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Specializes in NICU.

Ha....my school is ranked 224

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mine ranked 168!

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

These rankings are done by the US News & World Report. I believe these are the latest rankings available.

Just keep in mind that these are graduate school rankings.

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Specializes in NICU.

Close enough :p

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I wish that they had a more recent posting. My daughter's school, Virginia Commonwealth University, is ranked #47. I think they've gone up from what I've heard. VCU has a medical school, dental, PT, and also a teaching hospital. I wonder if that has anything to do with the ranking. I wonder on what they base these scores?

Did anyone see how many total schools were listed?

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Specializes in NICU.

About 41 pages worth

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Mixed sense of pride and disappointment to see my home state's UW ranked 1st. Too bad I never could've gotten in....

Makes me concerned about how I'll be perceived when it comes to getting my 1st job back home.

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Specializes in Emergency, Cardiac, PAT/SPU, Urgent Care.

I honestly always take those rankings with a grain of salt. I've heard those ranking aren't necessarily reliable on how good a program truly is - but that's just my 2 cents.

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Specializes in ER.
Ha....my school is ranked 224

mine's not even on there....

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The US News rankings are pretty much a joke, and anyone in nursing academia will tell you the same thing -- they are based on a v. limited amount of v. arbitrary information, most of which has nothing to do with what a potential student would care about (like, how much Federal grant money for research the school brings in each year). Nothing about good teaching, student satisfaction, clinical opportunities, etc.

Besides that, the "best" choice of nursing programs for one person might not be a good choice for another person -- people have v. different learning styles, values, etc., and there are many individual variables to consider in choosing a school.

There's no reliable, meaningful "ranking" of nursing programs "out there" that I'm aware of -- the best thing you can do is thoroughly research the programs you're interested in and make the best decision you can for yourself.

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