Maryland's Best Nursing Schools for 2020

Cecil College is located in North East, Maryland.  They offer a RN program and an LPN program.  On their website, Cecil College publishes certain statistics that they have collected, and they are proud to boast that over the past 5 years, their graduates have an overall 92.93% job placement rate.  They also have a 98.6% student satisfaction rate with their nursing programs.

Hagerstown Community College is located in Hagerstown, Maryland.  They offer an ASN program, an LPN to RN transition program and a paramedic to RN transition program.  They also offer an ATB (associate-to-bachelor’s) program inn conjunction with Frostburg University ad Towson University.

Anne Arundel Community College is located in Arnold, Maryland.  The school of nursing offers an RN program, an an LPN to RN Advanced Placement option, which allows LPNs to enter the program at a later time, and a Veterans to RN Advanced Placement option, which also allows the veteran to enter the program at a later time.

Community College of Baltimore County is located in Baltimore, Maryland.  They offer an ADN, LPN to ADN and an RN (ATB) Option.  The ATB Option allows the student to be enrolled in the ADN program while beginning coursework for their BSN – this option is available at Frostburg University, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Stevenson University and Towson University.

Frederick Community College is located in Frederick, Maryland.  They offer an ADN program.  Unique to their program is that they offer a day program and an evening/weekend program, which allows students to pick a program that best fits their needs.

Carroll Community College is located in Westminster, Maryland.  They offer an ADN program and an LPN to RN program.  Carroll Community College has over 12,000 credit and non-credit students.

Salisbury University is located in Salisbury, Maryland.  They offer a traditional BSN program.  They also offer a 2nd degree BS in nursing and an RN to BSN program.  They are proud to have clinical experiences with an eight to one, student to preceptor ratio.  Classroom teachers also supervise corresponding clinicals, so concepts are reinforced.

Notre Dame of Maryland University is located in Baltimore, Maryland.  They offer a four-year, traditional BSN program.  They also offer an accelerated RN to BSN program.  The RN to BSN program can be completed in 12 months for RNs who also have a prior bachelor’s degree and 16 months for RNs with an associate’s degree.

Towson University is located in Towson, Maryland.  They offer a basic BSN program.  They also offer an RN Completion Program (an RN to BSN program).  Towson University also offers an ATB (associates-to-bachelor’s) program in conjunction with various community colleges, where students can attend both the community college and the university at the same time.

Stevenson University is located in Stevenson, Maryland.  They offer a BSN program.  They also offer a transfer and second degree program; this allows students with prior college credits or a prior bachelor’s degree to earn their BSN degree in two years.

Johns Hopkins University is located in Baltimore, Maryland.  They offer a pre-licensure RN program.  Unique to Johns Hopkins is that their pre-licensure program is actually a master’s degree program – at the completion of the program, the student will be able to sit for their NCLEX-RN exam and will also have a master’s degree.