Anonymous
07/20/2025 17:20
Subject: Prestigious nursing programs?
I think prestigious nursing programs are attractive because most candidates do receive significant aid (it’s still not pulling from the UMC for the most part) and there is some percentage that enter non-nursing professional jobs due to the prestige of the school and the possible opportunity to dual major.
Anonymous
07/20/2025 17:10
Subject: Prestigious nursing programs?
Anonymous wrote:Is Penn nursing even prestigious? I only heard of Duke, Emory, Vanderbilt, and Hopkins in conversation.
According to USNWR, 1) Emory 2) tie: Penn & Duke
Anonymous
07/20/2025 15:51
Subject: Prestigious nursing programs?
Is Penn nursing even prestigious? I only heard of Duke, Emory, Vanderbilt, and Hopkins in conversation.
Anonymous
07/20/2025 15:16
Subject: Prestigious nursing programs?
Anonymous wrote:Georgetown Nursing is not prestigious. Georgetown itself is but the BSN program is unranked.
Realistically Emory>Duke>>Penn>UCLA>Umich>BC for undergrad Nursing.
Duke does NOT offer undergrad nursing. The programs Duke has all require a Bachelors to get in. They offer MSN, MS, DNp and PhD.
Anonymous
07/20/2025 13:29
Subject: Prestigious nursing programs?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A couple of other threads suggest there's basically no point to prestigious BSN programs like Penn and Georgetown. On the other hand, I've heard of starting salaries around $125,000 for Penn nursing grads.
What's the real deal? Who are these programs for? Are they worth it? Under what circumstances?
I hire nurses as part of my job. You can't find any nurse nowadays who will be willing to work for less than $50/ hour, which equates to about $110,000 a year. Going to a school like Penn doesn't add much on top of that. If it does, it might just be for the first year or 2 after graduation when where you went to college matters most. After that, the salaries pretty much become the same, regardless of where the nurse graduated from.
This seems to be the thrust of the thread... For floor nurses it doesn't matter. But a school like Penn also gives you the optionality to do related fields like health consulting, which conceivably pays more.
Anonymous
07/20/2025 11:57
Subject: Prestigious nursing programs?
Anonymous wrote:A couple of other threads suggest there's basically no point to prestigious BSN programs like Penn and Georgetown. On the other hand, I've heard of starting salaries around $125,000 for Penn nursing grads.
What's the real deal? Who are these programs for? Are they worth it? Under what circumstances?
I hire nurses as part of my job. You can't find any nurse nowadays who will be willing to work for less than $50/ hour, which equates to about $110,000 a year. Going to a school like Penn doesn't add much on top of that. If it does, it might just be for the first year or 2 after graduation when where you went to college matters most. After that, the salaries pretty much become the same, regardless of where the nurse graduated from.
Anonymous
07/20/2025 00:45
Subject: Prestigious nursing programs?
Anonymous wrote:Also, 80% of Penn nursing receives significant financial aid.
Penn financial aid is exceedingly good. Check its price calculator. It might be cheaper for you than a place like GMU.