Sun-Sentinel Article recognizes FAU's College of Nursing Graduate Programs

Dec 13, 2017

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/education/fl-school-choice-graduate-schools-20171114-story.html

 

Going to grad school? South Florida programs rank high

 

VIDEO: The Christine Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University ranks 45th on the 2018 U.S. News & World Report’s list of top graduate nursing programs in the country.

by Scott Travis Contact Reporter

 

If you want to go to a top-ranked graduate school, you have plenty of options right here in South Florida.

 

The 2018 U.S. News & World Report’s list of top graduate schools in the nation include Florida Atlantic University, Nova Southeastern University, Florida International University, the University of Miami, Barry University and Palm Beach Atlantic.

 

These schools are evaluated on such things as employment rates and starting salaries for graduates, standardized test scores of newly enrolled students, and reputation surveys by local employers and other colleges.

 

However, when it comes to undergraduate education, the region is not well represented in the top tier. Only UM has cracked the top 100 on that list, placing at 46th this year.

 

While FAU hasn't earned a spot on U.S. News’s undergraduate list, its master degree nursing program is ranked as the second best in Florida and the 45th best in the country.

 

The Christine Lynn College of Nursing was ranked 197th in 2011 but since then it has been involved in more research, which helped its ranking improve, saud Dean Marlaine Smith. It also got high marks from local hospitals and other nursing programs around the country, she said.

 

"I think we’ve had more visibility. We’ ve been really getting the word out about the quality of our faculty,” Smith said. “They’ve been featured in more presentations at national conferences.”

 

FAU also cracked the top 100 for its graduate programs in rehabilitation counseling (24) and public affairs (96).

 

Three NSU graduate programs were ranked among the country’s 100 best: physician assistant (40), occupational therapy (44) and pharmacy (77).

 

"We’ve created a health care education community with 29 different programs that are very popular and have been around a lot of years,” said Irv Rosenbaum, interim chancellor for NSU’s health professions division. “They’re all well regarded by students looking for graduate schools.”

 

NSU is making major investments into health education. It’s doctor of osteopathic medical program, which didn’t make the U.S. News list, has plans to expand onto a new campus in Tampa. The college also plans to start a new M.D. program in 2018. Its Davie campus will be the site of a new hospital as HCA Healthcare plans to relocate Plantation General Hospital.

 

NSU is one of two top ranked pharmacy programs in South Florida, the other being Palm Beach Atlantic University, a small Christian university in West Palm Beach, which has the 98th top ranked pharmacy program.

 

Barry University in Miami Shores ranked high for three of its programs: nursing anesthesia (94), physician assistant (81) and social work (78).

 

The top graduate programs at FIU in Miami, according to U.S. News, include nursing (56), health care management (57), public affairs (68) and law (100).

 

UM had by far the most top rated programs, with 17 on the U.S. News list. These include the medical school (48), the law school (77) and graduate programs for physical therapy (10), clinical psychology (25) and education (80).

 

These are South Florida’s graduate programs ranked among the top 100 in the country by U.S. News & World Report.

 

Biological sciences

 

84. University of Miami

 

Business

 

57. University of Miami

 

Clinical Psychology

 

25.University of Miami

 

Earth sciences

 

42. University of Miami

 

Economics

 

83. University of Miami

 

Education

 

80. University of Miami

 

English

 

99. University of Miami

 

Health Care Management

 

33. University of Miami

 

57. Florida International University

 

History

 

91. University of Miami

 

Law

 

77. University of Miami

 

100. Florida International University

 

Medicine

 

48. University of Miami

 

Nursing (master’s)

 

38. University of Miami

 

45. Florida Atlantic University

 

56. Florida International University

 

Nursing Anesthesia

 

88. Florida International University (tie)

 

88. University of Miami (tie)

 

94. Barry University

 

Occupational therapy

 

44. Nova Southeastern University

 

75. Florida International University

 

Pharmacy

 

77. Nova Southeastern University

 

98. Palm Beach Atlantic University

 

Physical therapy

 

10. University of Miami

 

Physician assistant

 

44. Nova Southeastern University

 

81. Barry University

 

Psychology

 

60. University of Miami

 

Public Affairs

 

68. Florida International University

 

96. Florida Atlantic University

 

Rehabilitation counseling

 

24. Florida Atlantic University

 

Social work

 

78. Barry University

 

91. Florida International University

 

Sociology

 

80. University of Miami