Facts & Rankings

Overview

  • The major center of nursing education and scholarship in Texas
  • More than $25 million in extramural funding
  • Ranked #15 among Schools of Nursing receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health (2018 - Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research)
  • Ranked #1 in Best Value PhD in Nursing Programs (2016 - Value Colleges)
  • Ranked #5 in Best Value BSN Programs (2019 - Value Colleges)
  • Ranked #7 in Best Value DNP Programs (2017 - Best College Values)
  • Ranked #10 among public schools of nursing and #19 among all schools of nursing in Best Master’s of Nursing Programs (2021 - TFE Times)
  • Ranked #12 among public schools of nursing, #23 among all schools of nursing, and the top nursing school in the state in Best Nursing Schools: Master's Programs (2023 - U.S. News & World Report)
  • Ranked #15 among public schools of nursing and #24 among all schools of nursing in Best Nursing Schools: DNP Programs (2023 - U.S. News & World Report)
  • Ranked #15 out of 681 undergraduate nursing programs in the nation, up from #23 last year, and the top nursing school in the state in Best Nursing Schools: Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs (2023 - U.S. News & World Report)

Students: 760

Charts showing the number of Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Degrees Awarded in 2021.

432 Undergraduate - 89% Female, 11% Male, 62% Minorities, 1% International, and 37% Other; 328 Graduate - 84% Female, 16% Male, 43% Minorities, 6% International, and 51% Other; Degree Awarded in 2021 - 8 PhD, 25 DNP, 80 Master, and 136 Bachelor

*Note: Asian-American/ Pacific Islander, African American, Native American, Hispanic

Faculty: 95

  • 31 tenured/tenure-track faculty
  • 64 clinical faculty (full- and part-time)
  • 69 adjunct/affiliate faculty
  • 36.84% of faculty are minorities; 6.32% are men

Staff: 94

  • full- and part-time

Current Research

  • Current Extramural Awards:
    • ​30 Research Grant Awards
    • 16 Training and Special Projects
    • Total Value of Current Grants: 25.1 million
  • Pending Awards:
    • 18 Pending Research Projects
    • 4 Pending Training and Special Projects

Fellows

  • More than 100 Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN):
    • 21 current faculty
    • 8 faculty emeriti
    • 112 alumni
  • 3 Fellows in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP)
  • 1 Fellow in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (FAASM)
  • 2 Fellows in the American Heart Association (FAHA)
  • 4 Fellows in the Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute (FCNS)
  • 4 Fellows in the Gerontological Society of America (FGSA)
  • 1 Fellow in the Society of Behavioral Medicine (FSBM)
  • 1 Fellow in the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT)
  • 1 Fellow in the National Academy of Practice (FNAP)