Kansas's Best Nursing Schools for 2020

Manhattan Area Technical College is located in Manhattan, Kansas.  Their nursing program offers an LPN and an ADN program.  Their ADN program is offered twice yearly – in July and January.  Their AD program requires that its students hold an LPN license in order to enroll.

Butler Community College is located in El Dorado, Kansas.  They offer an RN program and an LPN to RN program. They also may take online courses after graduation at Kansas University or Wichita State University in their RN to BSN programs.

Johnson County Community College is located in Overland Park, Kansas.  JCCC has over 46,000 student’s enrolled, making it one of the state’s largest higher education programs.  They offer an RN program and also an RN refresher program.  The RN refresher program is a non-degree program and is designed to prepare RNs who have been out of the workforce or out of the acute care setting for a while.

North Central Kansas Technical College is located in Beloit, Kansas.  They offer an LPN and an ADN program.  Their ADN program is considered full-time and is 18 months in duration.  They accept 30 RN students, once per year.

Cloud County Community College is located in Concordia, Kansas.  Their nursing department offers an ADN program or a LPN program.  Their ADN program is specifically designed for LPNs who seek to become RNs; non-LPNs are not eligible for their program.

Newman University is located in Wichita, Kansas.  They offer a BSN program, an RN to BSN program and an LPN to BSN program.  They also offer a “Direct Admit Program”, which is designed to allow exceptionally high-achieving high school seniors into the BSN program.

Emporia State University is located in Emporia, Kansas.  They offer a BSN program and an RN to BSN program.  ESU students enjoy smaller class sizes and ample scholarship/financial aid opportunities.  Their campus also has a patient simulation laboratory.

University of Kansas is located in Lawrence, Kansas.  They have an expansive nursing program.  They offer a traditional BSN program. Their RN to BSN program is online and is designed to be flexible so that it can accommodate the needs of its students; it can be completed as quickly as one year, or students can opt to take as long as five years.

MidAmerica Nazarene University is located in Olathe, Kansas. They offer a traditional BSN program, an RN to BSN program, an RN to MSN program (and various other master’s level programs) and an accelerated BSN program.  The accelerated program allows students with previous college experience to complete the BSN program in 12 months.  In addition, MidAmerican Nazarene University is proud to boast that they have a new Virtual Patient Center, which allows its students to practice skills necessary for the RN.

Bethel College is located in North Newton, Kansas.  They offer a traditional BSN program and an RN to BSN program.  Bethel College also coordinates summer internships ata Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.  Students also have completed internships at hospitals in Wichita, KS.