Essential Guide to Entry to Nursing Programs for College Grads
Do you have undergraduate students or recent graduates considering a graduate-level education in health care? Nursing, the nation’s largest health care profession, could be the right fit for them!
The Essential Guide to Entry to Nursing Programs provides a quick comparison of Vanderbilt School of Nursing’s unique pathway—the Master of Nursing (MN) degree to another popular entry to nursing degree, the accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN).
This guide includes valuable information to assist students in determining which entry to nursing degree is the right path for them. Students can explore key considerations for each educational pathway, including:
Explore key considerations to determine the path that aligns with your ultimate nursing career goals, including:
- • Program length and format
- • Education requirements
- • Graduate outcomes, including earning potential
- • Career pathways
Vanderbilt’s MN degree allows students to leverage a non-nursing bachelor’s degree towards a master’s degree that prepares them to enter the workforce as registered nurse and for further education to become a nurse practitioner, nurse-midwife or other advanced practice nurse.
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Launching fall 2026, Vanderbilt School of Nursing will offer prerequisite courses for second degree nursing students. Learn more.
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