Nursing Degree Colleges
- The University of Pennsylvania has high-tech nurses training with a simulation lab, including robotic mannequins that behave as real patients. Classrooms are also equipped with the latest technology, including a state-of-the art electronic filing system. Clinical training is done in nearby hospitals, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. The school also offers mentorship programs from faculty, as well as many research opportunities backed by top federal grants.
- "U.S. News & World Report" has ranked the Washington University School of Nursing as the No. 1 nursing school for the past 17 years. It has a 90-year-old heritage with a reputation for its successful research programs. The school has a health center on campus, providing health care for the surrounding community. Specialized nursing programs include bio-behavioral nursing and health systems, family and child nursing, and psychosocial and community health.
- The University of California in San Francisco is the only California University system to be focused entirely on the medical and health fields. It is a research school, emphasizing the promotion of health services worldwide. The school operates from two university hospitals, the UCSF Medical Center and the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. The National Institutes of Health has ranked UCSF No. 2 among U.S. schools of nursing, and it has been ranked No. 1 in previous years.
- Johns Hopkins is second in nursing schools in the country for its Community Health Nursing Programs, according to "U.S. News & World Report." The school offers baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees. It boasts an ethnically diverse group of students, who, while completing their Ph.D.s have 75 percent of their research funded externally. The school is dedicated to providing community health for the surrounding area and study at the No. 1 ranking hospital in the entire country.
