The School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania was set up in 1749 and today it is one of the best nursing schools for graduate and undergraduate programs in America, as rated by U.S. News. The school is located in Philadelphia and is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The institute provides academic programs at different levels, which includes undergraduate, accelerated, graduate, master's and doctoral programs. Some of the programs offered at the school are in gerontology, neonatal nursing, pediatrics, psychiatry, oncology, forensic science and palliative care.
The UCSF School of Nursing is constantly rated as one of the best nursing schools in America by institutions like National Institutes of Health and US News - America's Best Graduate Schools. The school is located in San Francisco, California, and is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The school was started in 1907 with diploma programs. Later, over the years, the school transformed and grew, providing baccalaureate, master's and research degrees. There are four departments of instruction: the Departments of Family Health Care Nursing, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Physiological Nursing and Community Health Systems. Some of the programs offered by the school are in cardiovascular nursing, gerontological nursing, health policy nursing, oncology nursing, perinatal nursing and critical care or trauma nursing.
The US News and World Report List since 1993 has been rating University of Washington School of Nursing as the best nursing school in America. The school located at Seattle, Washington, is a member of the Association of American Universities, and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. The school has three academic departments that are Biobehavioral Nursing & Health Systems, Psychosocial & Community Health and Family & Child Nursing. The institute provides degree programs at all academic levels and some of them are in complementary and alternative medicine, infant mental health, advanced practice environmental health, master and doctorate programs in nursing and science.
The UNC School of Nursing was started in 1950 and has been rated as one of the best nursing schools in America by institutions such as National Institutes of Health and U.S. News & World Report. The school is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, North Carolina Board of Nursing and American Nurses Credentialing Center and Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. The school offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in areas like adult gerontology, pediatrics, women's health, psychiatry and nursing.