Master of Science [M.S] [Nurse Practitioner Pediatric Primary Care] From University of Alabama

US News & World Report, in its survey of the Best Nursing Schools for 2016, has ranked the UAB School of Nursing 13th in the nation.?

This represents a significant leap for the School, which was listed 21st in the 2012 rankings, the last time Schools of Nursing were included in the Best Graduate Schools edition.Additionally, three of the School's MSN Specialty Tracks were ranked on reputation -- Nursing Health Systems Administration is listed 9th, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 12th and Family Nurse Practitioner 14th.

Located in one of the world?s largest academic health centers, the MSN program at UAB prepares nurses for advanced specialty practice in advanced nursing roles and offers countless opportunities to develop advanced practice innovations both locally and globally.

The MSN program also prepares graduates for entry into doctoral studies in nursing, in either the School?s Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program, a practice-focused terminal degree that prepares graduatesto practice at the highest level in specialty practice or to assume leadership positions in health care or nursing education; or in the School?s Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Nursing program.

The PhD in Nursing at UAB is the only such program in the state of Alabama that prepares nurses as researchers, scholars and leaders who make substantive contributions to the science of nursing