Welcome to the School of Nursing

Nursing is a challenging professional program and requires rigorous education. MTSU’s School of Nursing offers degrees in nursing at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The undergraduate program began in 1966, the graduate program began in 2005.

  • Our graduates have a near 96% pass rate on the RN licensure exam on the first try.
  • Approximately 90% of our advanced practice nursing graduates successfully pass the nurse practitioner certification exam on the first try.
  • Our nursing graduates are in high demand. Health care facilities in Middle Tennessee (Vanderbilt, Ascension St. Thomas, and HCA) employ 80% of our graduates.


Take a tour of the Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building and nursing labs

Student testimonial for MTSU's School of Nursing