Nursing
Bachelor of Science
Gain the skills and experience to handle patients with complex needs, from all kinds of backgrounds — the kind of nurse needed most.
Nazareth's nursing degree program prepares you to be a culturally competent caregiver aware of equity issues and global health challenges, ready for the complexity of modern health care. You’ll possess in-depth knowledge and the skills to work well with patients and families of diverse backgrounds, languages, and socioeconomic levels, across all health care settings. You're accepted directly into the nursing major and will receive effective preparation for the nursing licensure exam and individual attention from caring, accessible faculty.
Student outcomes • Cost of attendance
Course curriculum: B.S. Nursing (four years, for students with no professional nursing background) • LPN to B.S. Nursing (three to four years) • R.N. Completion (two-year program)
Highlights
Clinical experiences in acute, ambulatory, and community-based settings
Interactive experiential learning in a modern nursing simulation center
Learn novel approaches to patient care studying abroad in Belize or Finland
97% first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (Class of May 2025)
Career Paths
- Nurse in elementary and secondary schools
- Hospitals
- Clinics
- Private practice
- Home care
- Long-term care
- Military
- Nursing school
- Pharmaceutical firms
- Medical equipment companies
Clinical Sites
- Canandaigua VA
- HCR of Rochester
- Lifetime Care
- Rochester General Hospital
- University of Rochester Medical Center
- Unity Hospital
Employers
- Centers for Disease Control
- Cleveland Clinic
- Mayo Clinic
- Mt. Sinai Health System
- Rochester Regional Health System
- UR Medicine Health System
- Yale Primary Care
Graduate Schools
- Albany Medical College
- Boston College
- Emory University
- SUNY Buffalo
- University of Rochester
3 Paths
Choose from three program options: B.S. in Nursing; L.P.N. to B.S. in Nursing; R.N. to B.S. in Nursing
97%
Nazareth students' first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN®), 2023-24.
In Demand
Registered nurses are among the top occupations for expected job growth through 2029, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Nubia Cromartie '22
Program Details
- Assigns you a nursing faculty advisor in your first semester, for guidance and support throughout your nursing studies.
- Prepares you to be part of collaborative health care teams through a unique interprofessional course with fellow College of Interprofessional Health and Human Services students, including occupational therapy, physical therapy, art therapy, music therapy, speech therapy, and social work students.
- Incorporates clinical experiences in acute, ambulatory, and community-based settings. Classroom faculty also teach in these clinical settings.
- Strengthens your clinical skill development through interactive experiential learning in a modern nursing simulation center. The center is available for student practice sessions with peers throughout the semester.
- Incorporates academic curricula that develops the high-level critical thinking skills necessary for your attainment of RN licensure.
- Collaborates closely with Nazareth’s public health program for students interested in a public health dual major or minor.
- Encourages study-abroad opportunities for nursing students to practice in global settings such as a week in Belize and a semester or two in Finland, to learn novel approaches to patient care. The Finland option can include a dual degree and licensure in the European Union. Nazareth’s SPARK grant helps pay for you to have an international experience.
- Supports nursing student athletes to successfully combine nursing studies with a sports commitment.
- You can join Nazareth's chapter of the National Student Nurses' Association — the only one in the region — for mentoring to support you in preparing for your initial licensure, to network, and to foster your professional development.
- View nursing admissions standards.
- See answers to frequently asked questions.
Nazareth is among a select group of top colleges and universities across the country hand-picked to earn a Top Nursing Colleges of Distinction for its programs that are well rounded, highly accredited, and focused on student success.
The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Nazareth University is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).
Program Director
Alumni Spotlight
“One particularly strong thing about my major, which drew me to Nazareth, was the fact that the majority of my professors were either still working in the field or have practiced for many years and keep up to date with the latest practices. This was essential for me, as health care is an ever changing, ever advancing career with something always getting refined. The clinical experiences and the support from the faculty made me feel prepared to start my career as a nurse.
“An experience from Naz that still affects me is studying in Finland, in Maternal and Pediatric Community Health. To have firsthand experience seeing how nurses and other healthcare professionals across the ocean support the community and educate people really impressed on me just how important nurses are to countries.”
— Victoria Thompson '24 went on to work in the Neuro ICU at University of Rochester Medical Center and planned to pursue a women’s health nurse practitioner master’s degree.