Rankings
- The major center of nursing education and scholarship in Texas.
- More than $21 million in extramural funding
- Ranked #1 in Texas, #9 among public schools of nursing, and #18 among all schools of nursing in Best Master’s of Nursing Programs (2025 - TFE Times)
- Ranked #12 among all schools of nursing, #6 among public schools of nursing, and top-ranked nursing school in the state in Best Nursing Schools: Master's Programs (2025 - U.S. News & World Report)
- Ranked #36 among all schools of nursing, #16 among public schools of nursing, and top-ranked nursing school in the state in Best Nursing Schools: DNP Programs (2025 - U.S. News & World Report)
- Ranked #31 out of 656 undergraduate nursing programs in the nation, and the top nursing school in the state in Best Nursing Schools: Bachelor of Science in Nursing Programs (2024 - U.S. News & World Report)
- Ranked #20 in the nation among Schools of Nursing receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health (2023 - Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research)
Students: 734
Charts showing the number of Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Degrees Awarded in 2024.
*Note: Asian-American/ Pacific Islander, African American, Native American, Hispanic
Faculty: 86
- 25 tenured/tenure-track faculty
- 61 professional track faculty
Staff: 130
- full- and part-time including research staff
Current Research
- Current Extramural Awards:
- 23 Research Grant Awards
- 8 Training and Special Projects
- Total Value of Current Grants: $21.75 million
- Pending Awards:
- 22 Pending Research Projects
- 9 Pending Training and Special Projects
Fellows
- More than 130 Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN):
- 18 Current Faculty
- 8 Faculty Emeriti
- 116 Alumni
- 3 Living Legends
- 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)
- 1 Fellows in the American Heart Association (FAHA)
- 1 Fellow in the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (FAWHONN)
- 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
- 8 Inductees into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame