Nursing Among Best in U.S.

February 6, 2013

UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications

UT Tyler Graduate Nursing Ranked Best by U.S. News and World Report

February 6, 2013

Media Contact:  Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer–Strategic Communications & Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.539.7196 (cell)

February 5, 2013

Media Contact: Beverley Golden
Director
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.566.7303 or 903.330.0495 (cell)

The University of Texas at Tyler graduate nursing program has been ranked as one of the best by the U.S. News and World Report’s Best Online Nursing Programs, President Rodney H. Mabry announced.

The UT Tyler master’s and doctorate programs are ranked 11th out of the 101 online nursing programs surveyed. This is the second consecutive year that the programs have been recognized.

U.S. News and World Report evaluated only regionally accredited schools that met the federal standard of 100 percent online course delivery.

The UT Tyler College of Nursing graduate programs prepare graduates to meet health care needs in the fields of education, research and administration as well as advanced practitioners.

The college measures its success by the accomplishments of its graduates who serve as executive officers of large health care institutions, educators in universities and colleges and advanced practitioners and consultants in rural clinics, government agencies and urban medical centers.

For more information, visit www.uttyler.edu/nursing/college/graduate.

One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler offers excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of almost 7,000 high-ability students at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine.