Preparing nurse leaders

School of Nursing graduates are empowering health in Minnesota and around the world. Prepared to lead, discover and deliver compassionate care, our graduates are in high demand with a job placement rate of more than 95 percent.

“I am proud of the school’s direction and its support of nursing at all levels.”
_{– Jeannine Rivet, UnitedHealth Group executive vice president, retired}

Scholarships

We aspire to increase the number and size of scholarships to remove the financial barriers that prevent promising students from applying and enrolling. Recruitment and retention of students of color and men in nursing are high priorities, and offering more scholarships to prelicensure students will support these goals.

Expanding our Doctor of Nursing Practice and PhD programs — both leading programs in the country — will ease dire shortages in primary care and address nursing faculty shortages. Scholarships for doctoral students will enable more nurses to choose graduate school, borrow and work less, and complete their degrees on time.

State-of-the-art learning experiences

In order to prepare students for the future of health care delivery and nursing science, it is essential that the school provide state-of-the-art learning environments. The simulation opportunities need to reflect the continuum of care and provide for interprofessional, team-based opportunities.