Facts & Rankings

Rankings

  • 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: 727

Charts showing the number of Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Degrees Awarded in 2022.

727 Undergraduate - 91% Female, 9% Male, 66% Minorities, 1% International, and 33% Other; 292 Graduate - 83% Female, 17% Male, 41% Minorities, 6% International, and 53% Other; Degree Awarded in 2022 - 10 PhD, 21 DNP, 66 Master, and 117 Bachelor

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

Faculty: 101

  • 28 tenured/tenure-track faculty
  • 69 clinical faculty (full- and part-time)
  • 69 adjunct/affiliate faculty
  • 33.98% of faculty are minorities; 11.34% are men

Staff: 105

  • full- and part-time

Current Research

  • Current Extramural Awards:
    • ​29 Research Grant Awards
    • 12 Training and Special Projects
    • Total Value of Current Grants: 24.5 million
  • Pending Awards:
    • 24 Pending Research Projects
    • 5 Pending Training and Special Projects

Fellows

  • More than 100 Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN):
    • 18 current faculty
    • 8 faculty emeriti
    • 114 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 Medical Informatics (FACMI)
  • 3 Fellows in the American Heart Association (FAHA)
  • 3 Fellows in the Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute (FCNS)
  • 3 Fellows in the Gerontological Society of American (FGSA)
  • 2 Fellows in the National Academy of Practice (FNAP)
  • 1 Fellow in the Society of Adolescent Medicine (FSAHM)
  • 1 Fellow in the Society of Behavioral Medicine (FBSM)
  • 1 Fellow in the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT)
  • 1 Fellow in the Texas Public Health Association
  • 3 Living Legends in the American Academy of Nursing
  • 7 Inductees into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame