Alverno College

Alverno College is a private college best known for its Wisconsin campus, and it also operates in Arizona through Alverno College Arizona in Mesa. Nursing education at the Mesa site is offered at the graduate level through an Accelerated Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) pathway, designed for students entering professional nursing through an intensive, shorter timeline. 

In accelerated MSN formats, clinical education generally includes faculty supervised direct care experiences aligned to core RN competencies such as adult medical-surgical nursing, maternal-newborn, pediatrics, mental health, and community or population-focused nursing, with skills practice and competency checks typically completed prior to or alongside clinical rotations.

Alverno College Arizona’s Mesa location is in a large suburban metro area with extensive commuting patterns across the East Valley. Access commonly comes via major freeways that connect Mesa with Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, and Scottsdale, which can matter for nursing students balancing class, skills work, and clinical shift start times. For outcomes reporting, the school’s average weighted RN pass rate is listed as 100.0%, compared with the 2024 Arizona state RN average of 93.7%.