Nursing Schools in New York
There are 175 nursing schools in New York. This year, we evaluated 105 schools NCLEX pass rates and net prices, and our ranking system identified the following schools as the best value schools.
The calculation we used here takes into account a school's NCLEX pass rate and the net price of attendance for a student who received the average amount of financial aid. The higher the NCLEX pass rate of the program, and the lower the cost, the better the return on investment.
Learn more about our nursing schools ranking methodology hereEach school has two separate rankings. One for the RN program and one for the LPN program. Use the Filter By options to see each list. The Sort By button allows you to sort the list by school name, cost, or rank.
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Nursing Schools Best-Value Rankings
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CUNY Lehman College
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SUNY Ulster
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Ulster County Community College is located in Stone Ridge, New York and is a part of the State University of New York (SUNY) college system. This public two-year community college was established back in 1961. It currently serves more than 3,500 students. Students will be able to take advantage ... Programs offered
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CUNY York College
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Erie Community College
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Erie Community College (ECC) is located in Buffalo, New York and is a part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system of colleges. ECC was established back in 1946 and it currently serves more than 10,000 students. This community college actually has three separate campuses with the ... Programs offered
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Nassau Community College
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Nassau Community College (NCC) is located in Garden City, New York and is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) college system. This public community college was established in 1959 and it now serves more than 17,000 students. As a large school that works hard to serve the community, ... Programs offered
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Suffolk County Community College
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Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) is located in Selden, New York and is a part of the State University of New York (SUNY) college system. SCCC was established back in 1959 and the 555-acre campus currently serves more than 26,000 students. Students are able to take advantage of a large ... Programs offered
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Cayuga County Community College
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Cayuga County Community College is located in Auburn, New York. This two-year college was established back in 1953 and was originally known as Auburn Community College. The school currently serves more than 4000 students and has a large number of academic programs including associate’s ... Programs offered
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CUNY Hunter College
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CUNY Hunter College is a public institution and part of the City University of New York system, along with nine other campuses. The college is in New York City and offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Hunter College was founded in 1870 as a women’s college. The first ... Programs offered
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CUNY New York City College of Technology
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CUNY New York City College of Technology (City Tech) is located in Brooklyn, New York. This school was established back in 1946 and it now serves over 17,000 students. The school started out as an institute and transitioned into being a community college and then became the senior college that ... Programs offered
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Genesee Community College
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Genesee Community College (GCC) is located in Batavia, New York and is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) college system. This public community college was established back in 1966. There are more than 5500 students at GCC currently and the school seeks to provide all of them with ... Programs offered
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Orange County Community College
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Orange County Community College (SUNY Orange) is located in Middletown, New York and is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) college system. SUNY Orange is a public community college that was established back in 1950. The school now serves more than 6500 students and has continued to ... Programs offered
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CUNY Bronx Community College
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CUNY Bronx Community College (BCC) is located in Bronx, New York and is a part of the City of New York University (CUNY) community college system. BCC was established back in 1957 and currently serves more than 10,000 students BCC offers students more than 40 academic programs including several ... Programs offered
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Niagara County Community College
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Niagara County Community College (NCCC) is located in Sanborn, New York and is a part of the State University of New York (SUNY) college system. NCCC is a public community college that was established back in 1962 and it now serves over 5000 students. Students can pursue many academic paths on ... Programs offered
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Clinton Community College
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Clinton Community College is located in Plattsburgh, New York and is a part of the State University of New York (SUNY) community college system. It was established back in 1966 and it serves just a bit over 2000 students. Clinton offers students the chance to earn various types of ... Programs offered
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Columbia-Greene Community College
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Columbia-Greene Community College (C-GCC) is located in Hudson, New York and is one of several community colleges that are governed by the State University of New York (SUNY). This community college was established in 1966 and it serves over 2000 students currently. C-GCC has more than 30 ... Programs offered
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Corning Community College
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Corning Community College is located in Corning, New York and is part of the State of New York University (SUNY) community college system. Corning was established back in 1957 and it now serves over 5000 students. There are a large number of different academic programs at Corning, allowing ... Programs offered
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CUNY Kingsborough Community College
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CUNY Kingsborough Community College (KBCC) is located in Brooklyn, New York. KBCC was established in 1963 and it serves more than 18,000 students at the current time. This school is part of the City University of New York system and it has the distinction of being the only community college in ... Programs offered
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CUNY Queensborough Community College
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CUNY Queensborough Community College (QCC) is located in Bayside, New York. QCC was established back in 1959 and it now serves more than 15,000 students. This school is a part of the City University of New York college system. There are more than 20 associate’s degree programs at QCC and ... Programs offered
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CUNY Hostos Community College
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CUNY Hostos Community College is located in Bronx, New York and is a member of the City University of New York (CUNY) community college system. The full name of this school is actually Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College of the City University of New York. The school is named after a ... Programs offered
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CUNY LaGuardia Community College
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CUNY LaGuardia Community College is located in Long Island City, New York. This school has been voted one of the top three large community colleges in the United States of America. This community college was established back in 1968 and it currently serves more than 17,000 students. It is a ... Programs offered
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Adirondack Community College
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CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
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College of Staten Island CUNY
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Monroe Community College
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SUNY Westchester Community College
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SUNY Westchester Community College (WCC) is located in Valhalla, New York and is a part of the State University of New York (SUNY) college system. WCC is a public two-year community college that was established back in 1946. The school has a great history and has always sought to uphold its ... Programs offered
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CUNY Medgar Evers College
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CUNY Medgar Evers College is located in Brooklyn, New York and serves over 7000 students. This is a senior college that was established back in 1970. The motto of this school is “we create success, one student at a time.” It has a reputation for providing students with a thorough ... Programs offered
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Dutchess Community College
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Onondaga Community College
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SUNY Broome Community College
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Farmingdale State College
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Fulton-Montgomery Community College
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Hudson Valley Community College
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Sullivan County Community College
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Jamestown Community College
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Mohawk Valley Community College
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Rockland Community College
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Tompkins Cortland Community College
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Maria College of Albany
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Finger Lakes Community College
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Jefferson Community College
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SUNY Buffalo State
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North Country Community College
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Monroe College
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Arnot Ogden Medical Center
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Trocaire College
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SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
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SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
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SUNY College of Technology at Canton
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Concordia College-New York
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Concordia College-New York is a four-year private liberal arts institution in Bronxville, New York. It is part of the Concordia University System and was founded in 1881. The original campus was in Manhattan. However, the school eventually outgrew its space and moved the campus to Unionville ... Programs offered
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Binghamton University
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Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital
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D'Youville College
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Nyack College
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The Sage Colleges
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The Sage Colleges is a private, not for profit college in Troy, New York. It was established in 1916 as a School of Practical Arts. It was originally a women’s college. A separate men’s division was established during World War II. In 1949, the Albany campus was founded as a ... Programs offered
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Utica College
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Utica College (UC) is a private institution in Utica, New York. It was established as Utica College by Syracuse University in 1946 and became an independent institution in 1995. The campus was originally in the downtown area of Utica before it moved west of the city. It is also near the towns ... Programs offered
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New York Institute of Technology
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Roberts Wesleyan College
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College of Mount Saint Vincent
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Touro College
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Touro College is part of the Touro College and University System. This school system includes five campuses, including a campus in New York City, New York. It was established in 1971 by Bernard Lander after receiving a charter from the Board of Regents of the State of New York. The college ... Programs offered
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Dominican College of Blauvelt
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The Dominican College of Blauvelt is a private institution in Orangeburg, New York. The Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt founded the college in 1952 as a three-year liberal arts college. It was originally a Catholic institution for religious women. However, the college began accepting all women, ... Programs offered
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Saint John Fisher College
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Mount Saint Mary College
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Mount Saint Mary College (MSMC) is a private, not-for-profit institution in Newburgh, New York. It was established in 1960 by the Dominican Sisters and maintains its affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church. The campus includes 44 acres of land and a view of the Hudson River. The academic ... Programs offered
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Hartwick College
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Hartwick College is a private institution in Oneonta, New York. It was founded in upstate New York in 1797 by a Lutheran minister from Germany. The school was incorporated by the New York State Legislature in 1816 and then moved to its current location in Oneonta in 1928. Famed architect John ... Programs offered
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Niagara University
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Niagara University (NU) is a private university affiliated with the Roman Catholic church, located in the small town of Lewiston. The campus is at the northern edge of Niagara Falls on 160 acres of land on the top of the Monteagle Ridge. Students get a great view of the Niagara River gorge, ... Programs offered
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Pace University-New York
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Pace University-New York is a private institution in New York City. It was established in 1906 with the main campus in Manhattan. Additional campuses were eventually opened in Westchester County and Pleasantville. The university began as a business school and achieved university status in 1973. ... Programs offered
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Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences
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LIU Brooklyn
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Long Island University (LIU) Brooklyn is a private institution in Brooklyn, New York. The university was established in 1926 to provide higher education to people of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. It is recognized as one of the most diverse campuses and the third safest college ... Programs offered
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Molloy College
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Molloy College is a private Catholic college in Rockville Centre, New York. The college was founded in 1955 by the Sisters of St. Dominic on 25 acres of land that they had purchased in 1941. The college was originally a women’s college. Molloy College began accepting male students into ... Programs offered
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Elmira College
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Wagner College
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Adelphi University
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Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City, New York. It was established in 1896 as Adelphi College with just 57 students and 16 instructors. The university now serves over 7,500 students annually and employs over 1,000 academic staff. Adelphi University is the oldest university ... Programs offered
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Nazareth College
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New York University
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New York University (NYU) is a large private university in New York, New York. There are several campuses spread throughout the city along with the main campus in Greenwich Village. NYU was established in 1831; by 1917, it had become one of the largest universities in the country. It is now a ... Programs offered
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St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island
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University of Rochester
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The University of Rochester (UR) is a private university in Rochester, New York, offering both undergrad and graduate degree programs. It was established in 1850, and the first classes included a total of 60 students. The university now enrolls over 11,000 students and offers over 200 majors. ... Programs offered
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St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens
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The College of New Rochelle
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The College of New Rochelle is a private institution in New Rochelle, New York. It was established in 1904 by the Ursuline Order. It was the first Catholic women’s college in the state of New York and received its current name in 1910. It is now structured into four schools and has become ... Programs offered
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ASA College
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Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Erie 1 BOCES
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Hunter Business School
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Genesee Valley BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Putnam Westchester BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES
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Eastern Suffolk BOCES
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Orleans Niagara BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Western Suffolk BOCES
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Jefferson Lewis BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Delaware Chenango Madison Otsego BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCES
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Ulster BOCES School of Practical Nursing
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Wayne Finger Lakes BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Orange Ulster BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Madison Oneida BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program
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Mildred Elley-New York Campus
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Southern Westchester BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus
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Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing
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Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Albany Medical College
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Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Cochran School of Nursing
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Columbia University in the City of New York
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CUNY Graduate School and University Center
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Daemen College
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Dorothea Hopfer School of Nursing - Mt Vernon Hospital
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Belanger School of Nursing
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Excelsior College
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Hamilton Fulton Montgomery BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Helene Fuld College of Nursing
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Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing
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Keuka College
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Le Moyne College
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LIU Post
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Marion S Whelan School of Nursing of Geneva General Hospital
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Memorial College of Nursing
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Mercy College
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Metropolitan Learning Institute
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Morrisville State College
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Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES
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Center for Instruction Technology & Innovation (CiTi)
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Otsego Area BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
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Rensselaer BOCES
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Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing
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St. Joseph's College-New York
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Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing
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St Joseph's College of Nursing at St Joseph's Hospital Health Center
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St Francis College
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Stony Brook University
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Stony Brook University (SBU) is a public university in Stony Brook, New York. It is also part of the State University of New York System along with nine other campuses. The university was established in 1957 as the State University College of Long Island and moved to Stony Brook five years ... Programs offered
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Sullivan County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
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SUNY College at Brockport
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SUNY College at Plattsburgh
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SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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SUNY Downstate Medical Center is a public institution in Brooklyn, New York. It includes a College of Medicine along with a College of Nursing. It ranks eighth in the nation for the number of alumni who are now faculty at American medical schools. It is also one of the largest employers in ... Programs offered
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SUNY Empire State College
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SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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Syracuse City Schools Practical Nursing Program
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Teachers College at Columbia University
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University at Buffalo
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The University of Buffalo is in Buffalo, New York. It is part of the State University of New York System that includes nine other campuses throughout the state. When it was established in 1846 as a private medical school, the university did not have its own campus. The campus now spans over ... Programs offered
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Upstate Medical University
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Briarcliffe College
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CUNY City College
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Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing
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SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
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New York Methodist Hospital Center for Allied Health Education
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Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES-Center for Workforce Development
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Jamestown Community College - Cattaraugus County Campus
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Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCES
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North Country Community College - Malone Campus
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Onondaga - Cortland - Madison BOCES Center
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Orange County Community College - Newburgh Campus
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Suffolk County Community College - Eastern Campus
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SUNY College at Brockport at Educational Opportunity Center
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SUNY College of Technology at Canton at Veteran\'s Administration
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SUNY College of Technology at Delhi at Suffolk County Community College
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SUNY Upstate Medical University
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Washington - Saratoga - Warren - Hamilton - Essex - Northern BOCES
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Erie I BOCES - Hamburg Campus
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Erie I BOCES - Tonawanda Campus
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Erie I BOCES - Buffalo Campus
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Erie I BOCES (Main Campus)
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Erie II Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES
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Erie II Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES - Buffalo Campus
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Genesee Valley BOCES - Warsaw
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Manhattan Adult Learning Center
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Rome ACCESS Site
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Utica ACCESS Site
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Pace University - Pleasantville
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Pace University is a private institution founded in 1906, with three campuses. The Pleasantville campus opened in 1963. The campus was established using donations of land and buildings from the president of General Foods and various Pace University alumnus. The Pleasantville campus includes 180 ... Programs offered
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Closed Nursing Schools/Campuses
The following schools are closed permanently.
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New York's NCLEX-RN pass rate Vs. National Average
New York's NCLEX-PN pass rate Vs. National Average
New York Nursing Salary and Emplyment Statistics
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Registered Nurses | 180,170 | 19.567 | $40 | $83,680 | |
Nurse Anesthetists | 1,660 | 0.180 | $79 | $164,700 | |
Nurse Midwives | 510 | 0.056 | $50 | $104,610 | |
Nurse Practitioners | 13,450 | 1.461 | $55 | $115,030 | |
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | 45,950 | 4.990 | $23 | $47,610 | |
Nursing Assistants | 94,980 | 10.315 | $17 | $35,110 | |
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