Wagner College

Wagner College is a private liberal arts educational institution located in Staten Island. With a student to faculty ratio of 14:1, the college places emphasis on deep learning and practical application integration. Its Evelyn L. Spiro School of Nursing’s baccalaureate and master’s programs are ACEN-accredited, with all its program levels receiving accreditation from the New York State Board of Regents. The said School houses the Nursing Resource Center (NRC) with facilities and equipment such as General Skills Lab, Hi Fidelity Simulators, and Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) Competency Training.

Baccalaureate Program - Designed to produce generalist nurses who can provide evidence-based nursing care, several options are available at Wagner for obtaining a BSN degree. Depending on the student's educational attainment, he/she can enroll in the Traditional Four-Year Nursing Program, the 15-month Second Degree Program, or the RN to BSN program.

Graduate Program - Designed to equip professional nurses with the competencies needed for advanced nursing roles, this program provides training for safe health care provision across the life span. It also provides the foundation for future doctoral study. Students can choose between two tracks—the Family Nurse Practitioner and the Nurse Educator. Both can be completed in 5 semesters for a full-time study plan.

Post Master’s Advanced Certificate Program for Family Nurse Practitioner - By building on the student’s earned nursing master’s degree, this program requires 27 credits for completion. The said 27 credits already includes the precepted clinical practice. Admission requirements include a GPA of at least 3.2 from the student’s master’s degree in nursing, and a current license as a Professional Registered Nurse, among others.

Doctor of Nursing Practice - With program completion of 7 semesters for a full-time study, students are provided with global and interdisciplinary training with emphasis on population health and disaster preparedness. Classes are conducted on a weekly basis (once every evening).

The nursing school at Wagner College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Staten Island, New York. Its nursing programs are accredited by ACME and COA.

Degree types you can earn at Wagner College include Family Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Educator and Registered Nursing, and the school provides its offerings to students via campus formats. The level of nursing programs offered to nursing students include Accelerated BSN, Bachelor Degree, Doctor of Nursing, Master Degree and Post Master's NP Certificate level degrees.

For nursing students in New York, the state average NCLEX-RN passing rate for ADN programs is 82.71% and for BSN programs is 79.07%. The average national NCLEX-RN passing rate for ADN programs is N/A% and for BSN programs is N/A%.

Out of 113 nursing schools in New York, the nursing program at Wagner College ranks #10 in the state, and out of more than 1,700 nursing programs nationally, it ranks #332. It's 3-year average NCLEX-RN passing rate is 89.07%, giving the Wagner College an overall grade of B.

Nursing Program Stats at a Glance for Wagner College

• Grade: B
• NCLEX-RN Passing Rate Average: 89.07%
• New York State Rank: 10
• National Rank: 332

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