Rankings for Nursing Schools?

[alexillytom]

I am almost finished the second of four semesters in my ADN program. A couple of weeks ago an instructor told us that we were attending the top ranked nursing school in the country. My question is, where is this list published? Since I have read various threads where others have referred to their school as the top ranked, I'm curious to know if this is just a tactic instructors use to make us feel privileged to be attending

our particular nursing school. My school is tough, as all nursing schools seem to be but I find it hard to believe it is the top ranked school.

[SFlorida]

hi, im from miami and when i was doing my prerequisites my profesors used to tell me that miami dade college was the best in the nation. then i transfer to broward community college and guess what? they said the same thing too.....

the real thurth is that the best program in nursing are the following;

university of pennsylvania, university of washington and the university of california at san francisco.

each one of them have their speciality upenn has the best undergraduate program. and also the following:

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[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

I am almost finished the second of four semesters in my ADN program. A couple of weeks ago an instructor told us that we were attending the top ranked nursing school in the country. My question is, where is this list published? Since I have read various threads where others have referred to their school as the top ranked, I'm curious to know if this is just a tactic instructors use to make us feel privileged to be attending

our particular nursing school. My school is tough, as all nursing schools seem to be but I find it hard to believe it is the top ranked school.

This may be of help to you :)

Guide to Nursing School Rankings

Rankings attempt to measure the caliber of individual nursing schools through comparisons based on numerous factors. To our knowledge, there are only two sets of rankings of nursing schools: U.S. News & World Report, and NIH Research Funding.

http://www.allnursingschools.com/faqs/ranking.php

Schools by major: Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences

America's best grad schools...

Health Disciplines: Nursing (Master's)

Ranked in 2003*

Rank/School Average assessment

score (5.0 = highest)

1. University of Washington 4.7

2. University of California--San Francisco 4.6

3. University of Michigan--Ann Arbor 4.5

University of Pennsylvania 4.5

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/hea/brief/nur_brief.php

Academic Programs--Programs to Look For

[alexillytom]

Thanks VickyRN and SFlorida,

I attend a community college and I am having a lot of difficulty finding any lists that rank ADN programs. I guess it shouldn't matter now since I have already started my nursing studies at my school. However, if we are the top ranked school in the nation as we have been lead to believe, wouldn't that carry some weight when I apply to schools for my BSN?