SUNY Morrisville State College Nursing Program Review
Morrisville State College (MSC) is part of the State University of New York (SUNY). It is a small college with only 3,356 students enrolled. Morrisville offers 22 bachelor degrees and many different associate degrees at its two campuses in Morrisville and Norwich. The college is in Central New York. There are over 50 buildings on the campus that is about 30 miles from the cities of Syracuse and Utica.
Nursing Programs
Associate of Applied Science
Morrisville State College has some definite advantages in the Associate of Applied Science in nursing degree. One of the biggest of these is that classes are small, so students get a lot of personal attention from faculty. During clinical experience, there are never more than 8 students with one faculty member as students practice learning the skills they will need in their careers as nurses. Another advantage of this college is the low cost of tuition. Some nursing students intend to continue their education to complete their bachelor’s degree in later years after they have worked for a few years. By attending a SUNY college like Morrisville, they keep their student loans down to a minimum.
Admission requirements for the AAS program are having a high school average of B or better. Students are expected to have completed biology, chemistry, and New York State Math A. They should also have a Regents score of at least 65 in all of these. Applicants must also take the NLN pre-admission exam and score at least 100 points. Once students are accepted into the program, it takes four semesters or two years to complete. At the end of this time, students qualify to take the NCLEX-RN, the national exam that is necessary to become licensed as a Registered Nurse. Graduates are then eligible to work as entry-level professional nurses in hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities. Students who graduate from this program may apply to the Nursing Bachelor of Science program at SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology-Morrisville when they are in their final semester of the AAS program.
Nursing BS
A Nursing Bachelor of Science (BS) is a good choice for those who want to stay in school for four years before beginning their professional career. RNs with a bachelor’s degree earn higher salaries, have more responsibility, and they often manage LPNs and RNs with associate degrees. Some graduates with a BS in nursing go on to complete their Master of Science (MS) degree. Students who are in the AAS program at Morrisville may apply to enter the BS program in their final AAS semester. They must have a cumulative average of 2.5 or better in the AAS program, and they must be licensed RNs by the time that they complete the first semester in the bachelor’s degree program.
Most of the time, students are able to transfer 60 credits from their associate’s degree work, and this gives them around half of the credits necessary for their bachelor’s degree. They must then complete the courses in liberal arts and sciences needed to meet the college’s general education requirements for a bachelor’s degree. In addition, they complete higher-level nursing courses and many hours of clinical experience. At the completion of the program, the RN is awarded a BS degree.
Contact:
Morrisville State College
80 Eaton Street,
Morrisville, New York 13408
800-258-0111