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"We are especially proud that two-thirds of our graduates have become advanced practice nurses in primary care . . . in keeping with the UMMS mission to train primary care providers for the commonwealth," noted GSN Dean Joan Vitello. |
The Graduate School of Nursing Master of Science in Nursing degree program has been ranked in the top 20 percent of 259 programs nationwide by the U.S. News & World Report 2017 edition of “Best Graduate Schools.” The GSN master’s program came in at number 52 out of 128 in a tie with UMass Boston, University of Connecticut, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, University of California–Los Angeles and University of Alabama.
“We are gratified to rank in the top 20 percent of master’s programs,” said Joan Vitello, PhD, dean of the GSN. “We are especially proud that two-thirds of our graduates have become advanced practice nurses in primary care, through our family nurse practitioner and adult gerontology/primary care nurse practitioner tracks of study, in keeping with the UMMS mission to train primary care providers for the commonwealth.”
Commenting on the GSN Doctor of Nursing Program’s rank of 58 out of 149 programs in this year’s first ever U.S. News & World Report ranking of DNP programs, Dr. Vitello noted, “As a relatively new program, we look forward to increasing our standing in the coming years.”
The Graduate School of Nursing was established at UMass Medical School in 1986 to meet the demand for highly qualified professionals to serve in all areas of patient care and to promote nursing leadership in education, practice and research, complementing the School of Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMMS.
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