The college slots in at number 54 in U.S. News & World Report latest rankings
The University of Rhode Island College of Nursing undergraduate program is again ranked among the nation’s best, soaring into the top 8 percent of nursing colleges in the country, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings.
The College’s B.S. in Nursing program is tied at number 54 among 686 ranked colleges in the country, according to the rankings released Sept. 25. The College has made an impressive rise in the rankings, climbing from number 96 just three years ago, the first year the publication ranked undergraduate programs, to 67 the last two years.
“At the URI College of Nursing, we focus our undergraduate education on the synthesis of science, humanities, and caring that drives excellent nursing,” Dean Danny Willis said. “Our students engage in experiential learning opportunities across a variety of settings in which they are challenged to develop their knowledge, practice, sense of inquiry, and compassionate presence. Students leave us very well-prepared to transform health, wellbeing, and the environment!”
U.S. News & World Report, among the leading authorities in college and university rankings, surveyed deans and senior faculty members at each of the 686 colleges that qualified for the list. The rankings are determined by the average of scores received from surveys of top officials at nursing schools or departments. The officials rated the overall quality of undergraduate BSN programs on a 1-5 scale. Schools are included and ranked in this standalone peer assessment survey if they have bachelor’s-level accreditation by either the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing.
URI’s College of Nursing continues to make extraordinary impacts on health and health care locally, nationally and even internationally. About one-third of the URI College of Nursing’s faculty members are recognized Fellows in national nursing organizations, including the American Academy of Nursing, for their distinguished academic achievements. Faculty members routinely engage in impactful research projects that affects the health of the population across the spectrum, including stress among transgender individuals, gender inequalities in cancer treatment, and respite care for parents of children with special needs, to name just a few.
Students in the program continue to excel in academics, clinical practice, and research, resulting in 56 inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau honor society for nursing this year, and several more into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. More than 92 percent of URI students pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) on their first attempt.
The advancements the College has made are obvious not only in the undergraduate programs, but in its graduate offerings as well. The master’s degree program, already among the best in the country, has been ranked in the top 50 in the U.S. for the second year in a row. The College’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program is also recognized among the nation’s best, slotting in at 66. Visit the URI College of Nursing Academics website for more information on all its graduate and undergrad offerings.