Overview
- The major center of nursing education and scholarship in Texas
- More than $20 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 #11 among public schools of nursing, #21 among all schools of nursing, and the top nursing school in the state in Best Nursing Schools: Master's Programs (2022 - U.S. News & World Report)
- Ranked #12 among public schools of nursing and #21 among all schools of nursing in Best Nursing Schools: DNP Programs (2022 - U.S. News & World Report)
Students: 755
Charts showing the number of Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Degrees Awarded in 2020.
*Note: Asian-American/ Pacific Islander, African American, Native American, Hispanic
Faculty: 90
- 28 tenured/tenure-track faculty
- 62 clinical faculty (full- and part-time)
- 65 adjunct/affiliate faculty
- 34% of faculty are minorities; 7% are men
Staff: 73
- full- and part-time
Current Research
- Current Extramural Awards:
- 26 Research Grant Awards
- 11 Training and Special Projects
- Total Value of Current Grants: 24.4 million
- Pending Awards:
- 20 Pending Research Projects
- 5 Pending Training and Special Projects
Fellows
- More than 100 Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN):
- 20 current faculty
- 8 faculty emeriti
- 108 alumni
- 3 Fellows in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP)
- 1 Fellow in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (FAASM)
- 1 Fellow in the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM)
- 2 Fellows in the American Heart Association (FAHA)
- 3 Fellows in the Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute (FCNS)
- 4 Fellows in the Gerontological Society of America (FGSA)
- 2 Fellows in the National Academy of Practice (FNAP)
- 1 Fellow in the Society of Behavioral Medicine (FSBM)