The University of Florida College of Nursing is the

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of the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

. The UF College of Nursing is Florida's Flagship nursing program. Established in 1956, the College of Nursing is located on the university's

Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the county seat of Alachua County, Florida, Alachua County, Florida, and the largest city in North Central Florida, with a population of 141,085 in 2020. It is the principal city of the Gainesville metropolitan area, Florida, Gaine ...

main campus. The college is fully

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, and is one of six academic colleges and schools that constitute the J. Hillis Miller Health Science Center. The college is ranked among the top ten percent of all

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and

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-granting nursing schools in the United States. The average overall

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(GPA) for incoming upperclassmen to the

Bachelor of Science in Nursing The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN, BScN) also known in some countries as a Bachelor of Nursing (BN) or Bachelor of Science (BS) with a Major in Nursing is an academic degree in the science and principles of nursing, granted by an accredited ...

(B.S.N.) program is 3.57. The college currently has 70 faculty members and 930 total students, including 230 graduate students, of which 48 are doctoral candidates. 80% of UF BSN graduates go on to graduate school within three years of graduation. '' U.S. News & World Report'' ranks the college at 32nd overall among all U.S. nursing schools. The college received more than $5 million in research grants last year. The current Dean is Anna M. McDaniel.

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Official websiteBranch campus in Jacksonville infoCapital Campaign for the College''Gainesville Sun'' article about the College
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Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

Educational institutions established in 1956 1956 establishments in Florida

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