University of Mississippi Medical Center - Nursing Programs and Rankings

The University of Mississippi School of Nursing was founded in 1948, and has developed and expanded their offerings ever since. Today, their offerings are extensive. On the Bachelor’s level they offer a BSN, Early-Entry BSN, Accelerated BSN, and an RN-BSN program. On the Master’s level they offer an MSN and Post-Masters, RN-MSN, and RN-MSN Early Entry program. On the Doctoral level they offer a DNP, BSN-DNP, Post-Masters DNP Early Entry, PhD in Nursing, and BSN-PhD.

Their School of Nursing develops nurse leaders through evidence-based practice and research, innovative local partnerships, and unique community-based systems. They believe that nurses should be versatile, knowledgeable, life-long learners who are able to advocate for their patients.

The traditional BSN program admits students annually in the fall, though the RN-BSN admits students for the spring, summer and fall semesters. For master’s programs the application deadlines and enrollment times vary based on program concentration. The University of Mississippi's nursing program boasts a strong faculty with a diversity of skill and experience, as well as state-of-the-art equipment for their students.

University of Mississippi Medical Center nursing school is a public institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. Its nursing programs are ACEN, ACME, CCNE and COA accredited.

Degree types you can earn at University of Mississippi Medical Center include Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Registered Nursing, 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, APRN Certificate, Bachelor, BSN to DNP, Doctor of Nursing, Master, MSN to DNP, Post Master's NP Certificate, RN to BSN and RN to MSN level degrees.

For nursing students in Mississippi, the average NCLEX passing rate for ADN programs is 93.84% and for BSN programs is 95.76%.

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

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