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Loyola University - Chicago

The Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing offers undergraduate (BSN), master’s (MSN), and doctoral programs (DNP and PhD) in nursing. All programs are CCNE accredited and fairly competitive, with a 55% acceptance rate.

The BSN program is designed to prepare generalist nurses who can deliver quality and professional care. Students are expected to gain comprehensive knowledge from liberal arts, sciences, and nursing science as a solid basis for professional nursing practice. Graduates are additionally culturally competent, and are able to integrate levels of prevention, quality, and safety principles into their position within a healthcare team.

The MSN program equips students with advanced knowledge and skills to prepare them for leadership roles in inter professional healthcare delivery. This further education shifts its lens to scientific findings in nursing, healthcare, and biopsychosocial fields. Additionally, graduates will be well-prepared for effective leadership, with a strong fluency in ethical and critical decision-making, workplace relations, and systems.

The DNP program offers advanced practice nurses with the highest level of knowledge and skill to provide innovative leadership in the nursing profession. Graduates will have mastered an area of nursing practice and have advanced levels of ethical and moral judgment and decision-making.

The PhD in Nursing is designed to matriculate individuals who are able to initiate a beginning program of research that expands nursing and healthcare knowledge, in addition to a thorough understanding of social, cultural, political, economic, and ethical considerations.

Loyola University - Chicago nursing school is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. Its nursing programs are ACEN, ACME, CCNE and COA accredited.

Degree types you can earn at Loyola University - Chicago include Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nursing and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, and the school provides it offerings to students via campus, hybrid and online formats. The level of nursing programs offered to nursing students include Accelerated BSN, Bachelor, BSN to DNP, BSN to PhD, Master, MSN to DNP and Post Master's NP Certificate level degrees.

For nursing students in Illinois, the average NCLEX passing rate for ADN programs is 87.90% and for BSN programs is 89.20%.

The average national NCLEX passing rate for ADN programs is 85.48% and for BSN programs is 87.22%.

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Loyola University – Chicago

  • 1032 W. Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL - 60660
  • (773) 274-3000

  • School Information

    Location: Chicago, IL
  • Type: Private Not-For-Profit
  • Programs Offered As: Campus, Hybrid and Online

  • NCLEX Ranking - BSN

    Overall Score BSN: 94.44%
  • State Rank BSN: 7
  • US Rank BSN Programs: 170
  • Nursing Program Information

    Programs Offered: Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Registered Nursing and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner
  • Award Levels: Accelerated BSN, Bachelor, BSN to DNP, BSN to PhD, Master, MSN to DNP and Post Master's NP Certificate
  • Program Accreditors: ACEN, ACME, CCNE and COA
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