PEORIA, ILLINOIS (February 15, 2023) — In recent years, online schooling has become an even more reliable and sought-after way to gain advanced degrees. Bradley University is embracing this change, and now two Bradley online nursing programs have been named among the best in the nation for 2023.
Nurse Practitioner Online, an advocate for advanced practice nursing and education, has ranked Bradley’s online post-master’s Nurse Practitioner programs as fourth-best in the nation, and Bradley’s online Family Nurse Practitioner program as eighth-best in its category.
According to the ranking, the online post-Master’s Nurse Practitioner programs at Bradley shine by successfully allowing Master’s-level prepared nurses to grow their area of expertise quickly when they earn a Family Nurse Practitioner post-graduate certification.
The online Family Nurse Practitioner program is highlighted for its “trifecta of online programs, including a post-Master’s certificate, and MSN and a DNP in the specialty.” The recognition also mentions Bradley’s asynchronous online-course offerings, its lack of campus residency requirements, and clinical hours that can be completed with preceptors of choice.
This recognition is a boon to an already-successful host of online programs offered at Bradley, and underscores the university’s commitment to a higher standard of online education for nursing students.
“Bradley University has a long standing commitment to nursing education — both on campus and now online,“ said Bradley University Director of Nursing Shelley Hawkins. “We are honored to be recognized nationally for the excellent options and innovative curriculum we provide for our advanced-practice nursing students.”
To develop these rankings, Nurse Practitioner Online built a database of online nurse-practitioner programs of all degree levels and specializations across the entire US. They then filtered the list by assessing each school’s diversity of nurse-practitioner programs offered, accreditation status, years of faculty experience, annual fees in relation to the local cost of living, size of the nursing department, acceptance rate, and completion rate. To learn more about the methodology, click here.
Bradley University is a top-ranked, private university in Peoria, Illinois, offering nearly 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students opportunities, choices, and resources to build their futures. Innovation, action, and collaboration drive Bradley students to generate ideas and create solutions that remake the world around them. Our comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate academic programs includes business, communications, education, engineering, fine arts, health sciences, liberal arts and sciences, and technology.
