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September 30, 2010

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Nursing

The National Research Council assessed programs according to 21 different criteria. Here are the NRC’s five major ratings summarizing those criteria. For a detailed explanation, see our FAQ.

S-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they are strong in the criteria that scholars say are most important.
Research: Derived from faculty publications, citation rates, grants, and awards.
Students: Derived from students’ completion rates, financial aid, and other criteria.
Diversity: Reflects gender balance, ethnic diversity, and the proportion of international students.
R-Rank: Programs are ranked highly if they have similar features to programs viewed by faculty as top-notch.

Institution, program	S-Rank High	S-Rank Low	Research High	Research Low	Students High	Students Low	Diversity High	Diversity Low	R-Rank High	R-Rank Low
Bingham- tonton U. (SUNY) Nursing	36	48	28	47	7	33	35	45	17	39
Boston College Nursing	16	33	24	41	4	15	25	35	15	43
Case Western Reserve U. Nursing	7	27	4	23	34	46	5	15	1	10
Catholic U. of America Nursing	47	52	39	49	46	51	14	29	18	48
Duquesne U. Nursing	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Emory U. Nursing	3	9	5	25	1	1	2	4	8	35
Florida Atlantic U. Nursing	42	51	33	49	20	42	12	26	26	47
Georgia State U. Nursing	38	49	32	49	11	49	5	14	43	51
Indiana U.-Purdue U. Indianapolis Nursing Science	23	40	17	38	23	42	37	47	17	39
Johns Hopkins U. Nursing	1	6	1	3	15	44	15	28	2	16
Loyola U. Chicago Nursing	43	51	42	51	15	43	38	50	35	48
New York U. Nursing	9	31	4	26	47	52	39	49	3	16
Ohio State U. Main Campus Nursing	17	39	7	29	30	50	30	44	21	44
Oregon Health and Science U. Nursing	26	43	9	33	24	41	45	52	13	30
Pennsyl- vania State U. Nursing	13	33	26	45	2	9	41	51	28	44
Rutgers U. at Newark Nursing	50	52	47	51	44	52	15	29	45	52
U. of Alabama at Birmingham Nursing	17	38	15	40	8	19	6	20	25	45
U. of Arizona Nursing	9	31	7	32	8	39	18	31	9	25
U. of California at Los Angeles Nursing	9	31	5	26	3	27	4	10	14	40
U. of California at San Francisco Nursing	1	3	1	3	10	22	2	4	1	3
U. of Cincinnati Main Campus Nursing Research	12	33	15	41	6	31	43	52	14	39
U. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Nursing	36	46	23	44	39	47	27	40	11	39
U. of Connec- ticut Nursing Ph.D.	20	38	23	44	2	10	7	25	29	45
U. of Florida Nursing Sciences	34	46	33	48	9	40	26	38	25	44
U. of Hawaii- Manoa Nursing	33	45	27	46	18	28	16	28	26	45
U. of Illinois at Chicago Nursing Science	6	18	6	30	21	38	3	7	5	20
U. of Iowa Nursing	9	30	9	31	29	50	41	52	3	14
U. of Kansas Nursing	20	39	14	37	4	19	47	52	16	36
U. of Kentucky Nursing	6	18	6	24	8	27	35	46	6	25
U. of Massachu- setts at Amherst Nursing	11	30	23	44	2	13	7	20	27	47
U. of Miami Nursing	17	38	41	51	23	51	1	1	44	52
U. of Michigan at Ann Arbor Nursing	5	14	4	17	28	44	9	23	3	16
U. of Minnesota- Twin Cities Nursing	10	35	3	19	48	52	37	46	7	21
U. of Missouri at Columbia Nursing	11	34	7	31	7	23	40	49	17	40
U. of Missouri at Kansas City Nursing	46	51	40	50	27	39	29	40	47	52
U. of Missouri at Saint Louis Nursing	42	49	52	52	2	17	28	39	46	52
U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Nursing	6	25	4	22	15	37	14	28	9	26
U. of Pennsyl- vania Nursing	1	4	3	12	2	10	17	29	2	8
U. of Pittsburgh Main Campus Nursing	10	32	7	30	20	43	28	38	8	24
U. of Rhode Island Nursing	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
U. of Rochester Health Practice Research	24	42	8	32	33	43	14	29	14	33
U. of South Carolina at Columbia Nursing	29	44	41	51	3	41	8	26	30	48
U. of South Florida Nursing	18	33	38	50	6	19	5	15	26	45
U. of Southern Mississippi Nursing	45	52	35	51	23	44	5	16	23	49
U. of Tennessee Nursing	26	39	32	43	5	26	35	48	41	52
U. of Texas at Austin Nursing	7	23	12	34	12	41	5	17	11	28
U. of Utah Nursing	23	41	15	38	17	47	48	52	16	34
U. of Virginia Nursing	8	23	18	40	2	15	9	24	20	41
U. of Washing- ton Nursing	5	14	5	25	20	37	19	31	2	9
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Nursing	8	26	10	32	7	23	33	44	10	26
U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Nursing	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R	N/R
Vanderbilt U. Nursing Science	9	30	6	26	22	42	30	40	16	39
Virginia Common- wealth U. Nursing	37	49	20	44	43	52	12	26	12	46
Wayne State U. Nursing	28	43	16	33	41	51	7	19	21	43
Yale U. Nursing	1	5	2	6	19	36	27	37	2	17
Methodology: This interactive tool is based on rankings developed by the NRC. For a complete explanation of the methods the research council used, go to its site; registration may be required.