By Kim Lamb Gregory
CSUCI’s 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 CSUCI 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 CSUCI as one of the U.S. colleges and universities that offers students the “Best Bang for the Buck—West.”
The bimonthly magazine’s annual list ranks institutions of higher learning that help non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices.
“Instead 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,” wrote contributing editor Kevin Carey on the Washington Monthly website. “Instead 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.”
CSUCI ranked 26th on the list among 1,404 public, private nonprofit, and for-profit colleges in all 50 states.
CollegeNET ranked CSUCI 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 “social mobility” is when a student is able to improve his or her social and economic circumstances by getting a college education.
CSUCI’s Nursing Program has distinguished itself both nationally and statewide in 2018.
RegisteredNursing.org this year ranked CSUCI’s 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, CSUCI Nursing graduates scored a 100 percent pass rate on the NCLEX.
CSUCI Nursing graduates also managed a 100 percent pass rate for the years 2011-12, 2013-14 and 2015-16.
“We have not fallen below the 90 percent ever,” said Nursing and Health Science Program Chair Lynette Landry Ph.D., RN. “The national pass rate was 81.4 percent. I’m very excited. To me, it’s reflective of the quality of our faculty and their commitment to student success."
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