Modern Healthcare magazine has ranked Kent State University’s College of Nursing as the third-largest nursing school in the United States in terms of enrollment.

The ranking was based on the 2005-06 school year enrollment as provided by the National League of Nursing, Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing 2007, according to the report. That year, Kent State had 2,690 students enrolled in bachelor's and associate's degree programs in nursing, according to the ranking.

“We clearly are a very large, comprehensive and excellent College of Nursing, attracting many students, all of who are highly regarded and who find jobs readily in Northeast Ohio and beyond,” says Dr. Laura Dzurec, dean of the College of Nursing.

Dzurec says the college’s strategy to attract students, in addition to its reputation for excellence, consists of programming that meets the needs of a wide range of individuals including a RN/BSN/MSN program, which serves registered nurses whose preparation does not include a baccalaureate degree.

The college offers an accelerated, second-degree baccalaureate nursing program for individuals who want to change careers. Additionally, the college boasts several agency-based advanced practice master’s degree programs.

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Media contact: 

Rachel Wenger-Pelosi, 330-672-8046 or rwenger@kent.edu