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Binghamton University nursing program in Top 10% of country

Nurse practitioner students at the Decker School of Nursing participate in a day-long advanced skills workshop. Here, students practice suturing skills. Nurse practitioner students at the Decker School of Nursing participate in a day-long advanced skills workshop. Here, students practice suturing skills.
Nurse practitioner students at the Decker School of Nursing participate in a day-long advanced skills workshop. Here, students practice suturing skills. Image Credit: Jonathan Cohen.
October 10, 2019

Binghamton University’s Decker School of Nursing programs have been ranked #40 out of 518 schools nationwide in a recent ranking by College Factual. This puts Decker’s degree programs in the top 10 percent of all nursing programs in the United States. Looking at nursing programs within New York state, Decker’s programs are ranked #6 out of 34. See the full ranking by nursing major or the full ranking of nursing programs in New York.

College Factual also looked at outcomes and reported that, based on PayScale survey data*, a student who graduates from Binghamton University with a degree in nursing will make average early-career earnings of $59,000 and average mid-career earnings of $80,000. This is above the national average of all graduates, who make $53,000 in their early career. It is also above the average graduate’s mid-career salary of $70,000.

The Decker School of Nursing is one of three schools within Binghamton University’s Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

*Salary data is estimated by College Factual using 2013 data provided by PayScale.

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