Utica College master’s degree program in nursing earns accreditation

UTICA, N.Y. — Utica College announced that the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) Board of Commissioners has granted initial accreditation to its master’s degree program in nursing for five years.

Utica College’s post-graduate Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) certificate program also won accreditation for the same period.

“The Utica College programs were reviewed under the rigorous CCNE Standards for accreditation of baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs, and the board determined that there were no compliance concerns with respect to the key elements,” the college said in a release.

Utica College says it has an “extensive suite of nursing programs,” including a traditional bachelor’s degree in nursing offered on its Utica campus, where future nurses learn in the Dr. Albert and Gloria Shaheen Nursing Laboratory. This laboratory features a fully equipped reproduction of a modern hospital ward with a nursing station, bedside monitoring equipment, respiration technology, and isolation rooms with state-of-the-art diagnostic and vital-sign monitoring equipment, the release stated.

The college also offers a wide range of online programs including an online RN to BSN program; an accelerated bachelor of science in nursing (ABSN) offered in Liverpool and two sites in Florida; master’s programs in family nurse practitioner, nursing education, and nursing leadership; and certificate of advanced study programs in family nurse practitioner, nursing education, and nursing leadership.