Here are some tips for selecting schools, based on an analysis comparing each school to all others across dozens of factors:
Schools Concentrating On Registered Nurses
- Focus: For schools with a focus on this career area, look at Barnes-Jewish College, Columbia College, St Charles Community College, and Ozarks Technical Community College.
Fastest Response From Schools
- Request Info: For the fastest information for prospective students, look at the Spotlight schools on this page.
Student Body
- Part-Time: For schools emphasizing part-time studies, consider Cox College, Texas County Technical Institute, Drury, and Maryville.
- Female: For schools particularly welcoming to female students, consider Research College of Nursing, Barnes-Jewish College, Cox College, and Texas County Technical Institute.
- Diverse: For a diverse student body, consider STLCC - Forest Park, STLCC - Florissant Valley, Webster University, and Lincoln.
- Adult Learners: For lots of adult learners, consider Webster University, Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley, Barnes-Jewish College, and STLCC - Forest Park.
School Setting
- Out of State: For geographic diversity, take note of Saint Louis University, Evangel University, Culver - Stockton, and Park University.
- Dorms: For a residential campus environment, take note of Culver - Stockton, William Jewell College, Evangel University, and CMU.
Excellence
- SAT: For students with high SAT scores, look at Saint Louis University, Truman, University of Missouri, and Rockhurst University.
- % Accepted: For selective institutions, look at Avila, Columbia College, Missouri State, and William Jewell College.
- Class Size: For small class sizes, look at Saint Lukes College, Research College of Nursing, Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and Texas County Technical Institute.
Student/Alumnus Reviews of Schools for This Career and State
Missouri Western State University • St. Joseph, MO
Studying Nursing (BSN) (completion in 2010)
• 11/2/2011
"I believe that my program gave me a very good foundation in nursing education. I also believe that my program was very intensive and put me well ahead of many of my colleagues."
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale
| Characteristic | Rating | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Would Recommend? | yes | This program was excellent in preparing me to be a successful nurse. I am very happy that I chose this program and would recommend it to anyone that wanted to pursue nursing. |
| Program Reputation | 10 | I have heard recently that this program is one of the top programs in our region. I also feel that in the professional setting, I am better prepared than many of my colleagues that graduated from different programs. |
| Program Quality | 8 | I feel like my school provided me a solid education that allowed me to see many facets of the nursing profession and gain much experience. They also prepared me for my career. I do wish they would have explored the home health side of things because I think that it is a very under appreciated aspect of nursing. |
| Instruction | 9 | The program provided me with so much information and clinical experience. I was allowed to experience many different specialties in nursing and practice those concepts that I learned in class in hands on settings. There were a few things that I learned, and even while in class, I was told, "You probably won't use this, but it would be good to know." That happened on several occasions, and sometimes I feel like I did learn some things that I don't use on a daily basis, but this does give me an advantage over other BSN nurses. |
| How Difficult | 8 | The work was always challenging and instructors encouraged me to strive to do my best. During most of my curriculum I was able to continue my part-time job, but sometimes it was very difficult to balance the course load. My clinicals also varied in their times from week to week, so it was challenging to balance my work schedule. |
| Hands-On vs. Bookish | While we did utilize many books, we were in the lab at least twice a week practicing our hands-on skills. We also participated in several clinicals, where we went onsite to various health locations and got to practice what we had learned in class. | |
| Schedule Flexibility | 2 | Once you enter into the nursing program, your classes are assigned, and you have no say over the day and time of the class. There is only one time slot each semester for that specific class, so there is really no flexibility. They also do not offer summer classes. This program does, however, allow you to start either in the fall or spring. |
| Academic Facilities | 10 | We had full access to the nursing lab that had patient simulators and we were able to utilize real medical equipment to practice. We also had tutors and lab assistants that were there to help us whenever we needed it. The professors were also extremely helpful and were very informal, allowing us to call them by their first name. |
| Social Life | 3 | This was my second degree, so I did not participate very much in extracurricular activities. I do feel, though, that this school had much less school spirit and didn't get the students as involved as my last school. |
| Placement Services | 3 | One of our final classes was a "capstone" in which we basically discussed how to integrate into the work force and secure the job we wanted in our field. However, after this class, I do not recall ever being personally assisted with job placement. |
| Alumni Network | 2 | I have not been involved in any sort of alumni network. I do not even know if any exist. I do, however, keep up with several of my classmates on my own through social networking sites. |
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