100% Success Rate
Percentage of our 2023 nursing graduates who are either employed or enrolled in a graduate program six months after graduation.
School of Nursing
Our bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs will prepare you for a successful career in hospitals, clinics, schools and many other settings. Our graduates become leaders at every level of their careers and facilitate positive changes to healthcare as it relates to government, law and patient care. They are true advocates for their profession in the level of care they provide and in how they continually strive to improve the safety and well-being of their patients.
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300+ Clinical Affiliation Sites
The number of clinical affiliations where our students gain practical experience, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers and other health care settings.
Transforming health care, one student at a time
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Our unique approach to patient care has distinguished us as the only bachelor’s degree program in New England and 1 of only 17 nursing schools in the nation that offer programs endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation. Equally important to our philosophy of holistic care is our commitment to inclusivity within the Quinnipiac community, the surrounding local community and the global community at large.
Our faculty set the example you’ll follow and are immersed in integrated practice through ongoing clinical experience and research. They bring real-life applications, teachable experiences and knowledge of current practices to the classroom every day. Through their guidance, you’ll learn to address the whole patient by understanding their physical, socioeconomic and emotional needs.
Purposefully located within the Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences building, you’ll experience the essential role nurses play in integrated teams as you regularly collaborate with students from other healthcare programs. The knowledge, instincts and team-based skills you develop in classrooms and labs will be the foundation for your clinical and field work. As you accumulate experience, your skills and confidence will reach the levels necessary to handle all the challenges inherent in 21st-century healthcare.
A Healthy and Welcoming Community
Of the more than 50 universities Hallye Boughner ‘25 considered, we were the school she found that felt most like home. Learn how she found her place as an advocate and future nurse through our holistic approach to education, community, student experience and wellbeing.
Unveiling the name of our new academic building
The SITE is designed to maximize student-faculty collaboration, exploration
January 22, 2024
Quinnipiac students will soon have the opportunity to prepare for successful careers in a new 137,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art, student-centered academic building designed to promote community and interdisciplinary learning that will be called The SITE, which stands for Science, Innovation, Technology and Exploration.
Get to know The SITE
Tuition Assistance for Aspiring Nurses
The CT Health Horizon’s grant will allow Quinnipiac to provide $10,000 per student per year in tuition assistance for qualifying accelerated bachelor of science in nursing students with the goal of increasing the number and diversity of students in this program.
Learn More About CT Health Horizons
Recruiting and Retaining Faculty Members
Connecticut Health Horizons also promotes a faculty hiring grant that will support faculty levels across Connecticut's educational institutions and clinical sites. Prospective faculty members are encouraged to contact the School of Nursing to learn more about employment opportunities at Quinnipiac.
Email cthorizonnursing@qu.edu to learn more about the faculty hiring grant
Students share five reasons why they chose Quinnipiac’s School of Nursing.
Student Spotlight
Incoming first-year student selected to receive inaugural Hartford HealthCare Nursing and Health Sciences Equity Scholarship
June 26, 2023
Aurelia Ochoa, an incoming first-year student at Quinnipiac, has been selected to receive the inaugural Hartford HealthCare Nursing and Health Sciences Equity Scholarship.
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Join Us at an Upcoming Event
School of Nursing Accelerated Nursing Information Session
January 13, 2025
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (ET)
Online Virtual Event
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Our Year in Review
Our annual viewbook provides a visual journey that brings our philosophy of nursing education and practice to life. It details the student experience and class profiles as well as how we continue to innovate in our teaching and expand our clinical partnerships. It also covers the many ways our students, faculty, staff and alumni have distinguished themselves throughout the academic year, be it through clinical excellence, community impact and research or earning prestigious grants and national awards.
The newest edition highlights the School of Nursing's work with community and clinical partners within the State of Connecticut to impact patient, family, and community health and to grow the nursing workforce capacity. It also celebrates the 50th anniversary of our first graduating class (1973) while demonstrating its innovative faculty, students and alumni that are transforming healthcare, one student and one patient at a time.
Advisory Council
The School of Nursing has established an Advisory Council that provides strategic direction to the school’s leadership. Members of the Advisory Council bring decades of experience and leadership and provide crucial insight into a broad scope of healthcare and nursing industries and professions. They also act as liaisons to a number of leading organizations.
Our Reputation
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Best Graduate Nursing Online Programs
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Explore Summer Experiences & Courses
Summer is the best time to accelerate progress toward achieving your academic, professional and personal goals. This is why Quinnipiac is offering a growing list of engaging summer experiences and courses designed to help a diverse group of people of all ages explore their passions.
Continuing and Executive Education
Lifelong learners stay current with, bring advances to and create readiness for the drastic changes in technology, industry and communities around the world. Our array of online, on-campus and hybrid programs — including open enrollment programs and custom solutions for organizations — address market needs and give working professionals and executives the specialized skills and training you need to advance your career.
Accreditation
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, the Master of Science in Nursing program and the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Quinnipiac University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, D.C. 20001, 202-887-6791.
American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs within Quinnipiac University’s School of Nursing also are endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation. Graduates of these programs are eligible to take the appropriate national exam to become board-certified holistic nurses at the basic or advanced level of nursing (HNB-BC).
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