Northwestern’s online nurse practitioner program is tops in Oklahoma, ranked among top 50 in U.S.
October 31, 2018
AffordableCollegesOnline.org seal for America’s Best Online Nurse Practitioner Programs
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s online nurse practitioner program has been named the 31st best in the country out of 763 online nurse practitioner programs in the United States evaluated by AffordableCollegesOnline.org. Criteria used for the ranking included affordability, quality, flexibility and program.
Northwestern is the only Oklahoma nursing school in this listing.
"In our seventh annual survey of online learning programs across the nation, we wanted to honor the colleges and universities that are providing innovative ways for students to complete a degree," said Dan Schuessler, CEO and founder of AffordableCollegesOnline.org. "These schools are going above and beyond the industry standard to help make online education programs more accessible and affordable."
For affordability, the most impactful data points were tuition and grants; for quality, graduation and acceptance rates; for flexibility, part-time enrollment options; and for program, degrees granted in that specific program area. Each score was then weighted, with affordability being the most highly weighted factor for all ACO rankings.
“Anytime Northwestern nursing is recognized regionally or nationally, it acknowledges the hard work of our students and the devotion of our faculty to the profession of nursing,” Dr. Shelly Wells, professor of nursing and chair of the Division of Nursing, said. “The Division of Nursing has worked tirelessly to address the health care needs of the citizens of Northwest Oklahoma and the surrounding areas. It is our hope that this recognition will attract more men and women to the nursing program at Northwestern.”
Northwestern currently has 47 students in the BSN-to-DNP family nurse practitioner program.
The BSN-to-DNP program for Family Nurse Practitioners has received provisional approval from the Oklahoma Board of Nursing and is a new applicant for accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. A CCNE accreditation site visit is scheduled for November 2019.
For more information on Northwestern’s nursing degree programs visit www.nwosu.edu/school-of-professional-studies/nursing or contact Wells at (580) 327-8489 or scwells@nwosu.edu.
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