USA Today Names Villanova Among Nation's Best Nursing Schools

Villanova University's nursing program is again making waves in national rankings.

USA Today named the school among the country's top 10 schools for nursing degrees.

Ranking eighth on the list, this is what the outlet has to say about the university's program:

Villanova is a large, reasonably priced private university founded with Roman Catholic principles. It is located in a suburb outside of Philadelphia, giving students plenty of opportunities to gain nursing experience in a busy city. The schools has an impressively high 86% on-time graduation rate!
Students who graduate from the nursing program at Villanova make average early career salaries of $63,000.

Villanova beat out Azusa Pacific University and UCLA but fell behind colleges such as University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, and Drexel University.

Villanova was recently ranked as the sixth best school for nursing in the country by Niche.com.

Check out the whole list from USA Today.

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