Excelsior College* - Advance your career with the world's largest
educator of nurses at a distance!
Since 1973, the Excelsior College School of Nursing has graduated
more than 37,000 nursing students. Our NLNAC-accredited program
has helped nurses with significant health care experience, such
as LPNs become RNs, associate degree RNs become nurse managers,
and experienced RNs become nurse educators and informaticists.
They move up because of Excelsior's academic quality. Designated
as an NLN Center of Excellence in Nursing Education for
2008-2011, one of only 13 centers in the nation, Excelsior
College was honored with the 2006 and 2007 Best School Award from
the American Assembly for Men in Nursing. In addition, the School
of Nursing is one of only two distance education colleges ever to
have received a charter from Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor
Society of Nursing. More important, our alumni consistently earn
praise from employers and promotion into management.
Nursing students enjoy a great deal of flexibility by earning
their degree through Excelsior College. Our distance programs
enable you to study whenever and wherever its convenient for you,
so you can balance work, family and school. You earn credit from
different sources: for credit examinations, online courses and
clinical requirements in your home community.
At Excelsior College, you earn a respected degree from an
accredited institution – at a pace that makes sense for
you.
Accreditation and More
Excelsior College is accredited by the Commission on Higher
Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and
Schools. The associate, bachelor's and master's degree programs
are accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting
Commission (NLNAC).
Excelsior College Examinations in nursing are the only nursing
exams recognized by the American Council on Education (ACE). We
are home to the Tau Kappa Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau
International, the Honor Society of Nurses.
Bachelor of Science (RN-BS) in nursing
Fill the need and move ahead. If you're an RN ready to move up in
your nursing career, there's never been a better time. With
Excelsior's RN-BS in nursing degree program, you can now apply
credits you've already earned through your associate degree in
nursing or hospital diploma. A minimum of 30 credits in nursing
and most of your general education credits will apply to your
degree. As a result, there's no need to repeat lower division
coursework or clinical. So, you could be much closer to your
degree than you think.
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Master of Science in nursing - Clinical Systems Management
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If you're looking to move up to a career in nursing management,
you can take the next step by earning your master's degree in
nursing, with a specialization in Clinical Systems Management.
Designed by national leaders in nursing, this online program
enables highly motivated RNs with a bachelor's degree to acquire
the skills and knowledge to lead the delivery of client services
across the health care enterprise.
Master of Science in nursing - Nursing Education
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Looking to become a nurse educator? This specialization was
designed to provide RNs with the knowledge and skills needed to
make the transition from hands-on clinical care to instructing
nurses in a variety of venues - colleges, hospitals and clinics.
It will literally put you at the head of the class, teaching the
next generation of nurses. Students who successfully complete
this online graduate program will be ready for new opportunities:
to teach in undergraduate nursing programs and in clinical
settings, conducting on-site, in-service training.
Master of Science in nursing – Nursing Informatics
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For RNs interested in obtaining a master's degree, our newest
specialization in Nursing Informatics builds on Excelsior's
successful Master of Science in nursing program (with
specializations in Clinical Systems Management and Nursing
Education). As part of this rigorous 37-credit program, nurses
acquire the skills, knowledge, and ability needed to succeed as a
nursing informaticist in a variety of health care settings.
RN-MS in nursing
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If you are an RN who aspires to a management position, our
efficient RN-MS program allows you to work on both your
bachelor's and master's degrees at the same time. When you enroll
in this program, you will be granted a minimum of 30 lower-level
nursing credits for successful completion of the NCLEX-RN. The
undergraduate portion of the program consists of two components:
general education and undergraduate nursing, which includes three
graduate nursing courses. Upon successful completion of
undergraduate requirements, you will achieve graduate status and
then focus efforts on completing your master's degree.
Post Master's Certificate in Nursing Education
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If you're interested in enhancing your knowledge and skills to
teach in a variety of nursing education programs and prepare for
certification as a nurse educator, Excelsior College's
Post-Master's Certificate Program in Nursing Education can help
you reach that goal. Designed by nationally renowned experts in
nursing education, this 12-credit program engages students in a
rigorous course of study. At its core are courses in
teaching/learning, curriculum development, evaluation, and
assessment. You'll have access to faculty, learning resources,
and other students while completing the program at a distance in
your home community. The Post-Master's Certificate in Nursing
Education program is open to nurses with a bachelor's degree in
nursing and a master's degree in nursing or a related field, or
those with a bachelor's degree with a non-nursing major and a
master's degree in nursing.
*Formerly Regents College
