College Choice Releases its 2016 Ranking of the Best Nurse Practitioner Programs
EUGENE, Ore., July 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- College Choice, a leading authority in college and university rankings and resources, has recently released its 2016 ranking for the Best Nurse Practitioner Programs.
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The demand for Nurse Practitioners has grown in the past decade, and for good reason. They are fast filling the need for more medical professionals to provide aide in rural areas where it is needed the most. This has made it easier than ever for people who are seeking medical treatment but cannot afford a doctor to get medical help.
Christian Amondson, Managing Editor of College Choice, had this to say of the ranking: "Unlike Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners are advanced nurses who are qualified to see patients, prescribe medications, order X-rays and lab tests, and diagnose and treat certain maladies without the direct supervision of a doctor. In other words, they'd be a pretty good person to call in the case of unexpected abdominal pain! And for those interested in the nursing profession, the Nurse Practitioner designation is the highest designation you can achieve."
The Best Nurse Practitioner Programs 2016 rankings are based on several sources, the most important being a nationwide survey that was conducted and released by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. This survey had freshmen students at various institutions rate everything from financial aid offerings to student satisfaction to even graduate success rates for gainful employment. Other information was culled from the schools' websites, the National Center for Education Statistics and U.S. News and World Report. This guarantees that the rankings are accurate, current and full of useful information for potential students.
The University of Washington takes top honors in this ranking. John Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania round out the top three.
The complete ranking is as follows (in alphabetical order):
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Columbia University, New York, NY
Duke University, Durham, NC
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Frontier Nursing University, Hyden, KY
George Washington University, Washington, DC
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
New York University, New York, NY
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Rush University, Chicago, IL
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
University California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO
University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
University of Iowa, Ames, IA
University of Maryland Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
University of Miami, Miami, FL
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
University of Nevada, Reno, NV
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Washington State University, Spokane, WA
Yale University, New Haven, CT
College Choice is the leading authority in college and university rankings, searches and resources dedicated to helping students and their families find the right college. The site publishes rankings and reviews that make finding the best colleges for different interests easier and more fun, as well as resources to help students get into, pay for, and thrive at the college of their choice.
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