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NSU’s Online Master of Science in Nursing Program Ranked Among Top 50 in Nation
FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla. – The Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) Program at Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) College of Nursing was recently ranked in the Top 50 Best Value Online M.S.N. Programs of 2015 by Value Colleges.
The independent online publication, which provides information for prospective students considering the best value for their education, ranked NSU No. 44 out of the top 50 in the United States and the second highest in Florida.
In developing the list, Value Colleges required that programs be accredited by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Other criteria included:
- Average early-career salary from Payscale.com
- National ranking (U.S. News & World Report)
- Real tuition cost (from college website)
“NSU is proud to be ranked among the best Master of Science in Nursing programs in the nation,” said Marcella M. Rutherford, Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S.N., dean, NSU’s College of Nursing. “Through this degree program, we offer working nurses an opportunity to advance their careers in a clinical and non-clinical direction through the convenience of an online curriculum.”
The M.S.N. program offers non-clinical tracks in nursing education, health system leadership and nursing informatics, as well as clinical tracks in family nurse practitioner and gerontology-adult acute care nurse practitioner. NSU’s College of Nursing also offers a R.N. to M.S.N. program to earn both the Bachelor of Science and M.S.N. consecutively.
For more information on NSU College of Nursing’s M.S.N. program, please visit http://www.nova.edu/nursing/graduate/masters.html.
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About Nova Southeastern University (NSU): Located in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a dynamic research institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional degree levels. A private, not-for-profit institution with more than 24,000 students, NSU has campuses in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Miramar, Orlando, Palm Beach, and Tampa, Florida, as well as San Juan, Puerto Rico, while maintaining a presence online globally. For more than 50 years, NSU has been awarding degrees in a wide range of fields, while fostering groundbreaking research and an impactful commitment to community. Classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, NSU is 1 of only 37 universities nationwide to also be awarded Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification, and is also the largest private, not-for-profit institution in the United States that meets the U.S. Department of Education’s criteria as a Hispanic-serving Institution. Please visit http://www.nova.edu/ for more information.
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