The University of Washington's School of Nursing has been ranked by U.S. World News Report as the number one nursing program in the country for the past 16 years. The school claims to have superior faculty, award-winning research, community partnerships, innovative technology, and sophisticated curriculum. It offers both undergrad and graduate degrees with specializations in biobehavioral nursing and health systems, family and child nursing, psycho-social and community health.
University of Washington
School of Nursing
1959 NE Pacific St.
Seattle, Washington 98195
206-543-8736
son.washington.edu
According to the school's website, the UCSF School of Nursing was ranked second in the country among nursing schools by the NIH (National Institutes of Health). The school maintains a central focus on public service, teaching, patient care, and research and offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Nursing Student Affairs Office
2 Koret Way, #N-319X
UCSF Box 0602
San Francisco, CA 94143-0602
415-476-1435
nurseweb.ucsf.edu
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing is consistently ranked at the top of nursing schools by U.S. World News Report and the NIH. It boasts a faculty of top researchers in the world, along with some of the most cutting edge medical technology. According to the school's website, such technology not found at other nursing schools are "a state-of-the-art simulation lab with mannequins responding as patients would, one of the first PACE practices owned and operated by a School of Nursing delivering care to frail elders, and classrooms with the latest hospital-based electronic medical records (EMR) technology."
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Claire M. Fagin Hall
418 Curie Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4217
215-898-8281
nursing.upenn.edu