By Kim Lamb Gregory
海角社区CI鈥檚 academic programs and the opportunities the campus creates for its graduates drew national and statewide attention in 2018.
The campus earned top rankings in several categories, from overall excellence to the quality of a specific program.
U.S. News & World Report ranked 海角社区CI 18th among the Top 25 Public Regional Universities (West). Criteria included graduation rates, the availability of resources for faculty, location, campus life and range of academic offerings, among other strengths.
The nonprofit Washington Monthly once again listed 海角社区CI as one of the U.S. colleges and universities that offers students the 鈥淏est Bang for the Buck鈥擶est.鈥�
The bimonthly magazine鈥檚 annual list ranks institutions of higher learning that help non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices.
鈥淚nstead of rewarding colleges for the number of applications they reject, we give them credit for enrolling unusually large numbers of low-income and first-generation students,鈥� wrote contributing editor Kevin Carey on the Washington Monthly website. 鈥淚nstead of assuming that the most expensive schools are also the best, we recognize universities that produce research, train the next generation of scientists and Ph.D's, and instill their graduates with an ethos of public service.鈥�
海角社区CI ranked 26th on the list among 1,404 public, private nonprofit, and for-profit colleges in all 50 states.
CollegeNET ranked 海角社区CI 18th out of 1,363 universities in the nation in the Social Mobility Index or SMI. The SMI measures how much and how well a college or university graduates economically disadvantaged students at a lower-tuition rate, then graduates them into promising careers.
When it comes to higher education, the term 鈥渟ocial mobility鈥� is when a student is able to improve his or her social and economic circumstances by getting a college education.
海角社区CI鈥檚 Nursing Program has distinguished itself both nationally and statewide in 2018.
RegisteredNursing.org this year ranked 海角社区CI鈥檚 Nursing program as the 12th-best program in the state out of 131 nursing schools. The ranking was determined by analyzing current and historical pass rates among students who take the National Council Licensure Examination or NCLEX.
For the fourth time, 海角社区CI Nursing graduates scored a 100 percent pass rate on the NCLEX.
海角社区CI Nursing graduates also managed a 100 percent pass rate for the years 2011-12, 2013-14 and 2015-16.
鈥淲e have not fallen below the 90 percent ever,鈥� said Nursing and Health Science Program Chair Lynette Landry Ph.D., RN. 鈥淭he national pass rate was 81.4 percent. I鈥檓 very excited. To me, it鈥檚 reflective of the quality of our faculty and their commitment to student success."
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漏 Spring 2018 / Volume 22 /Number 01 / Bi-annual