Benedictine College

Benedictine College is a Catholic educational institution with a focus on liberal arts located in Atchison, Kansas. It was given an accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission to grant degrees. This college received numerous awards and recognition, among these are from the U.S. News & World Report and College Consensus as #14 Best College in Midwest Regional Colleges and #1 College in Kansas, respectively.

Benedictine College’s Department of Nursing which is hailed as the #38 Top Nursing School in the Midwest offers a BSN degree. The department aims to educate its students in providing competent and responsible nursing care for all patients.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree The four-year BSN program is also known as 2+2 in nursing because of the required completion of nursing prerequisites and liberal arts coursework for two years prior to attendance in the College’s BSN program. Students can do simulation activities and practice in the Mother Teresa Center for Nursing and Health Education for it has four simulation rooms and a clinical skills laboratory.

This program received an accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and an approval from the Kansas State Board of Nursing to admit 36 junior students annually. With this, admission is competitive and standards include a CGPA of 3.0 or above, and a grade of C or better and a GPA of 3.0 above in all the prerequisite courses. Moreover, meeting these qualifications does not guarantee program entry.

The nursing school at Benedictine College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atchison, Kansas. Its nursing programs are accredited by CCNE.

Degree types you can earn at Benedictine College include Registered Nursing, and the school provides its offerings to students via campus formats. The level of nursing programs offered to nursing students include Bachelor Degree level degrees.

For nursing students in Kansas, the state average NCLEX-RN passing rate for ADN programs is 80.91% and for BSN programs is 85.82%. The average national NCLEX-RN passing rate for ADN programs is N/A% and for BSN programs is N/A%.

Out of 43 nursing schools in Kansas, the nursing program at Benedictine College ranks #4 in the state, and out of more than 1,700 nursing programs nationally, it ranks #153. It's 3-year average NCLEX-RN passing rate is 93.78%, giving the Benedictine College an overall grade of A.

Nursing Program Stats at a Glance for Benedictine College

• Grade: A
• NCLEX-RN Passing Rate Average: 93.78%
• Kansas State Rank: 4
• National Rank: 153

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