October 10, 2025

The Ohio State University is investing $14 million into expanding one of its programs.

The university plans to nearly double undergraduate enrollment within the College of Nursing amid a nationwide nursing shortage.

“We need to answer that call, answer the calling to care and help people in the healthcare community,” said Dr. Wendy Bowles, Associate Dean for Baccalaureate Programs at Ohio State’s College of Nursing.

October 08, 2025

The Ohio State University College of Nursing is aiming to double undergraduate enrollment by 2027 in response to nationwide nursing shortages.

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September 23, 2025

Signature undergraduate program places #4 overall for third straight year

September 19, 2025

The Ohio State University is investing $14 million dollars to expand enrollment at its College of Nursing. 

The announcement was made Wednesday by President Ted Carter during his Ohio State Founders Speech. 

April 03, 2025

Four-year investment will provide hundreds of scholarships for Bachelor of Science in Nursing students

The Ohio State University College of Nursing and the Bedford Falls Foundation today announced a new engagement to support students who seek to answer their calling to care through the college’s traditional Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.

September 24, 2024

U.S. News & World Report ranks BSN program #4 overall for second straight year

U.S. News & World Report this morning released new rankings that, for the second consecutive year, place The Ohio State University College of Nursing’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program tied for #1 among public colleges of nursing and #4 overall in the United States.

December 19, 2023

Application for first cohort now open to start in Summer 2024

The Ohio State University College of Nursing has opened the application for its new LIVE WELL Licensed Practical Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (LPN to BSN) Bridge program. The program is supported by a four-year, $4 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

May 05, 2023

Among the 600+ degree earners are 27 BSN Honors who just presented their final thesis projects

The Ohio State University College of Nursing today celebrated its more than 600 graduates in both nursing and non-nursing degree programs at its annual Convocation at the Jerome Schottenstein Center.

September 12, 2022

U.S. News & World Report places BSN program #2 among public institutions

The Ohio State University College of Nursing’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program soared into the top-five in U.S. News & World Report’s new rankings released today.

November 05, 2021

According to the Center for First-Generation Student Success, November 8 represents the annual National First-Generation College Celebration "to honor the anniversary of the signing of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965 ... Much like other hallmark legislation of that era, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, HEA was intended to help level a playing field that for too long had been weighed against Americans from minority and low-income backgrounds ...