Northwest Technical College Nursing Program Ranked Second-Best Among State's Two-Year Colleges

Northwest Technical College ranked second in “Best 2-Year Nursing Schools Minnesota 2016,” a ranking of all Minnesota two-year college nursing programs by San Francisco-based web site Accredited Schools Online.

NTC’s nursing programs received a score of 94.50 on the ranking’s normalized 100-point scale, ranking it second behind Pine Technical College (96.50). The ranking made note of NTC’s low student-to-teacher ratio of 17:1, tied for second-lowest of the 20 ranked institutions, and the graduation rate for its nursing program.

Students in Northwest Technical College’s nursing programs gain knowledge and experience in state-of-the-art simulated clinical settings and in direct, supervised clinical environments. NTC nursing programs offer multiple entry and exit points with options to stack credentials while working toward an associate of science degree. Associate’s degree graduates can transfer to Bemidji State University and complete a bachelor of science in nursing. Experienced faculty help students choose the right path to meet their goals in online and on-campus coursework.

Methodology

Accredited Schools Online ranked nursing programs in Minnesota by comparing three equally weighted criteria: student-to-faculty ratio, in-state tuition and graduation rate. Additional factors for each school’s ranking included number of programs available and whether the school was a public, not-for-profit institution. Scores were then normalized on a 100-percent curve. Ties were broken based on lowest average net price for full-time, first-time undergraduate students paying in-state tuition. Net price is the average cost of tuition and expenses after accounting for grants and scholarships received. When necessary, Accredited Schools Online broke remaining ties based on lowest in-state tuition rates.

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