U.S. News & World Report has released its 2021 rankings for the best online nursing master’s programs in the country, and the UConn School of Nursing tied for No. 14.
It is also the No. 2 online nursing master’s program in New England, ranking behind only the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
This is the UConn School of Nursing’s first time landing a spot in U.S. News’ top 20 in the nation. Last year, it tied for No. 82.
“This recognition from U.S. News is a direct result of the hard work of our amazing faculty and students here at the School of Nursing,” Dean Deborah Chyun says. “Their dedication to excellence placed our master’s program among the best in the nation, producing outstanding advanced practice nurses to serve our communities.”
Currently, the School of Nursing’s neonatal nurse practitioner concentration for the master’s program is delivered fully online. All of its other master’s program concentrations — family nurse practitioner, adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner, adult gerontology primary care nurse practitioner, nurse educator, and nurse leader — are in the process of transitioning to a fully online format.
“We could not have such a successful online master’s program without the support and guidance we receive from the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning,” Chyun says.
In creating its rankings, U.S. News focuses on five categories: student engagement with classmates and instructors; faculty credentials and training; opinions from academic officials in nursing; services and technologies offered; and student excellence.
For the 2021 online nursing master’s rankings, 194 programs across the country were evaluated. To be considered, the programs had to meet U.S. News’ definition of a distance education nursing program, which requires “the vast majority of required nonclinical coursework for program completion is able to be completed via distance education courses that incorporate internet-based learning technologies.”
Find the complete list of the 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs rankings online. Complete information regarding methodologies for the 2021 rankings can be accessed here.
To learn more about the UConn School of Nursing’s master’s program, visit nursing.online.uconn.edu.
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