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College Of Nursing Racks Up Rankings For Online Learning

The East Tennessee State University College of Nursing’s online programs garnered an impressive array of high rankings in 2022-23.

EduMed.org named the College of Nursing second in the state for online undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral-level nursing programs in its rankings for 2023.

The College of Nursing offers a blended Ph.D. program and blended Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program focused on rural clinical practice in primary care settings, with concentrations including family nurse practitioner, adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner, psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner, and executive leadership/nursing and health care leadership. Its fully online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) offers four concentrations: family nurse practitioner, nursing administration, nursing education, and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. In addition, the undergraduate RN to BSN program for current registered nurses is fully online.

The online nurse practitioner program also received a ranking of second in the state of Tennessee by

NursePractitionerOnline.com for its DNP and MSN offerings.

Finally, ETSU was ranked ninth in the nation among Fortune Education’s Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs.

“We are proud and delighted that our fully online and blended programs have been recognized by these prestigious publications and ranking organizations,” said College of Nursing Dean Dr. Leann Horsley. “Our College of Nursing seeks to fulfill ETSU’s mission of improving the quality of life for people in our region and beyond, and we do this by producing practitioners and leaders who provide holistic care to rural, indigent, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and high-risk communities.”

“Not only is the ETSU College of Nursing the largest nursing school in the state, we also are consistently among the top ranked,” said Dr. Kimberly D. McCorkle, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academics. “I am proud of the work that our faculty, students, alumni, and staff are doing to make an impact on the health and wellbeing of patients across the state and beyond.”