Ursuline Nursing Fast Facts

Top ten reasons to start your nursing career at Ursuline College.

We have a 75-year legacy of educating nurse leaders.

The Breen School of Nursing traces its roots to 1947 when nearby St. John College established an undergraduate nursing program. When St. John shuttered its doors in 1947, it sought a guardian for its nursing program to ensure that Cleveland’s health care needs, especially those of its most vulnerable populations, would continue to be met with both quality and compassionate care. That partner was Ursuline College.

Whether you are new to nursing or advancing your career, we offer flexible, affordable online and in-person degrees.

Explore the nursing degree programs offered at Ursuline's Breen School of Nursing.

We’re designated a NLN Center of Excellence in Student Learning & Professional Development.

FYI: NLN or National League for Nursing is the national association for nurse educators! Read about Ursuline's NLN Center of Excellence designation.

Our small classes are taught by great professors who care about your future!

Our student to faculty ratio is 12:1 which means you’re more than a number at Ursuline.

We offer state-of-the-future simulation tools like virtual-reality 3-D Hololens Learning.

With 25 3-D headsets plus a phone app, you can experience Hololens next level learning through virtual reality in the areas like anatomy and patience interactions.

You’ll be career-ready at graduation with 870 world-class clinical hours.

Our clinical partners among the nation’s top hospitals including:

• Cleveland Clinic
• MercyHealth
• MetroHealth
• University Hospitals
• Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Our unique clinical rotations include in-demand fields, including:

• Perioperative nursing
• Radiology nursing
• Population health

Our graduates are employed by world-class healthcare organizations post licensure.

Here are just a few of the world-class healthcare organizations where our more than 5,300 alumni provide care as the area’s most dedicated nurses, nurse practitioners, and nurse leaders:

• Cleveland Clinic Main Campus and all regional and ambulatory centers
• University Hospitals Health System Main Campus and all regional and ambulatory centers
• The MetroHealth System
• Hospice of the Western Reserve
• Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

We’re ranked among Ohio’s best BSN programs.

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We’re affordable, accredited, and accomplished.

Ursuline College is consistently recognized as being a best value school and a top performer for upward social mobility, including our designation as an Opportunity College by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education.

The baccalaureate degree program in nursing at Ursuline College is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (http://www.ccneaccreditation.org).

A Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Ursuline College is approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing.