University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing is an undergraduate and graduate institution at the University of Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to U.S. News & World Report, the School of Nursing at Penn is among the top-ranked graduate nursing schools in the United States. The School of Nursing receives approximately $480 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, making it among the most highly funded nursing schools in the country.CampusPenn Nursing's main building, Claire M. Fagin Hall, is located south of the center of campus. Within a block of Fagin Hall are the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and buildings of the Perelman School of Medicine.Previously, Fagin Hall had been the Tri-Institutional Education Building. In 1973, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania became part of the University of Pennsylvania. The following year, the Board of Trustees voted to close the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania's nursing training school. Subsequently, the Tri-Institutional Education Building became the main building of the School of Nursing.AcademicsDegree programsAt the undergraduate level, the School of Nursing offers traditional and accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs. From October 2014 through September 2015, the NCLEX first-time test-takers pass rate was 93.04%. While Yale University and Columbia University also have nursing programs, Penn is the only Ivy League institution to offer a baccalaureate nursing program.