Enrollment

As of Fall 2020
1,637

Graduates

Fall 2019 – Summer 2020

• BSN – 428
• MSN – 270
• DNP – 18
• PhD – 16

U.S. News & World Report 2022:

National Rankings

• Doctor of Nursing Practice: 28
• Master of Science in Nursing: 32
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing: 31

Research

Fiscal Year 2019-2020

• Ranked 40^th in NIH funding for nursing schools

Scientific Publications and Presentations

Calendar Year 2020

• 125 presentations
• 97 articles
• 3 book chapters

Research Expenditures

Fiscal Year 2020

$2,472,380

Contracts and Awards

Fiscal Year 2020

$2,603,718

Certification First-Time Pass Rates

• NCLEX - First-time pass rate (2020): 97.28%

MSN Program Nurse Practitioner Certification
Pass rates for first-time takers (2019)

• Family Nurse Practitioner – AANPCB: 98%, ANCC: 100%
• Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – AACN: 100%, ANCC: 98%

Post-Graduate APRN Certificate Program Nurse Practitioner Certification
Pass rates for first-time takers (2019)

• Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – ANCC: 100%
• Family Nurse Practitioner – AANPCB: 100%
• Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – ANCC: 100%

Nurse Anesthesia BSN – DNP
Nine of the past 10 years, including 2021

• NCE: 100%

_{Abbreviations:}

• _{ANCC: American Nurses Credentialing Center}
• _{AANPCB: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board}
• _{AACN: AACN Certification Corporation}
• _{NCE: National Certifying Exam offered by the National Board of Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anesthetists (NBCRNA)}