Undergraduate Programs

We offer a quality education at a superior value.

• Undergraduate programs are nationally accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). 
• The first time pass rate for the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX-RN) exceeds both state and national averages.
• UB School of Nursing is ranked in the top 20% of nursing schools across the country.
• Highest ranked nursing program within SUNY and CUNY system.

All undergraduate students complete the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) modules on improvement processes, patient safety, leadership, and person- and family-centered care.

The Traditional and Accelerated Undergraduate Programs create a workforce of baccalaureate-prepared nurses. Partnering with 10 area acute care hospitals, the Visiting Nursing Association and the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, we strive to provide the best clinical experiences for our students. 

Clinical rotations for these programs include 700 clinical hours, many of which are offered in innovative Dedicated Education Units (DEU). Both the Traditional and ABS Programs culminate in a three week preceptorship in Buffalo or New York City, where students are immersed in a one-on-one experience with a nurse in a clinical setting.

This program educates an existing workforce of registered nurses completely online in a student-centered, distance learning/asynchronous format that allows practicing nurses to attend school while maintaining employment. The online format is asynchronous, providing students the flexibility to take online courses on their own schedule. Instructors provide materials, lectures, tests and assignments that can be accessed anytime.

• Provide compassionate, holistic, culturally relevant, evidence-based care related to “wellness, health promotion, illness, injury and disease prevention, disease management and end of life care across the life span."
• Collaborate with an interprofessional health care team to achieve quality outcomes within integrated health care systems.
• Demonstrate leadership skills in the management and coordination of patient-centered, safe, effective health care for individuals, families and populations.
• Use informatics; effective oral, written, and electronic communication; and patient care technology to share information and provide quality health care.
• Advocate for health care equality using principles of social justice and professional values.
• Provide population-based nursing care.
• Practice professional nursing using the Nursing Code of Ethics and engage in lifelong learning.
• Practice within the framework of legislative, economic, environmental and regulatory processes to influence and improve the provision of health care.