Florida Nursing Schools and Programs

Florida, the true "Sunshine" state, is known as a place to getaway for warmth, beaches, and relaxation for many people. You can take the scenic A1 from the north all the way to the south ending in the Key’s. With the Everglades to the Kennedy Space Station in Cape Canaveral, there are an abundance of features this state has to keep you busy while pursuing your education degree. And don’t forget about those infamous mouse’s named Mickey and Minney!

Florida is aggressively addressing the nursing shortage they face due to the large retirement population that resides within the state. As of right now, 40% of nurses are over the age of 50 years old, so Florida has created many programs to help students obtain their nursing education and stay in Florida to help the crisis. Florida offers a wide variety of on-campus programs for prospective nursing students. We will help you find top notch programs available through the universities and community colleges located all over the state. It is also in everyone’s best interest, to further your education if you are a registered nurse, to become a nurse educator which then helps the programs accept more nursing students. So needless to say, your job opportunities are endless in Florida and the nursing programs are top notch.

Degree Programs:

Anesthetist, CCU, Coordinator, Hepatology, Holistic, Home Health, Hospice, ICU, Infectious Diseases, Informatics, IV Therapy, Joint Degree MSN/MBA, Nurse Anesthesia, (CRNA), Nurse Educator, Nurse Practitioner (NP), Nursery

Largest Cities:

Cape Coral, Clearwater, Fort Lauderdale, Hialeah, Hollywood, Jacksonville, Miami, Miramar, North Miami, Orlando, Pembroke Pines, Plantation, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa

Additional Resources:

Florida Nursing Association
http://www.floridanurse.org/

Florida Board of Nurses
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/nursing/

Florida Travel
http://www.visitflorida.com/

Florida Hospital Directory
http://www.floridalink.com/links/jobs/florida_hospitals.htm

School Enrollment Type Accredited Online Program Degrees Find Scholarship
Atlantic Technical Center 5,000 Public Yes No LPN find scholarships
Bethune-Cookman University 3,000 Private Yes No BS/BSN, RN-to-BSN find scholarships
Brevard Community College 13,300 Public No No Associate, LPN find scholarships
Central Florida Community College 5,300 Public Yes No Associate, LPN, LPN-to-RN find scholarships
Chipola College 1,100 Public No No Associate, LPN, LPN-to-RN find scholarships
City College 400 Private Yes No Associate find scholarships
Concorde Career College - Jacksonville 400 Public No No LPN find scholarships
Daytona Beach Community College 11,400 Public Yes No Associate, LPN find scholarships
Edison College 10,475 Public Yes No Associate, LPN-to-RN find scholarships
Florida Atlantic University 25,325 Public Yes No BS/BSN, Accelerated BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, RN-to-MSN, Nurse Educator, Nurse Practitioner, PhD (Doctoral) find scholarships
Florida Community College at Jacksonville 22,735 Public Yes No Associate, LPN, LPN-to-RN find scholarships
Florida Gulf Coast University 9,000 Public Yes No BS/BSN, LPN-to-BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, RN-to-MSN, Nurse Educator, Nurse Anesthetist, Nurse Practitioner find scholarships
Florida International University 26,300 Public Yes No Accelerated BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, Nurse Anesthetist, Nurse Practitioner, PhD (Doctoral) find scholarships
Florida Keys Community College 965 Public No No Associate, LPN-to-RN find scholarships
Florida Southern College 24,440 Private Yes No BS/BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, Nurse Educator find scholarships
Florida State University 39,975 Public Yes No BS/BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, RN-to-MSN, Nurse Educator, Nurse Practitioner find scholarships
Gooding Institute of Nurse Anesthesia, Bay Medical Center 40 Public Yes No Nurse Anesthetist find scholarships
Gulf Coast Community College 6,150 Public Yes No Associate, LPN, LPN-to-RN find scholarships
Hillsborough Community College, Dale Mabry Campus 0 Private Yes No Diploma find scholarships
Indian River Community College 0 Public Yes No Associate find scholarships
Keiser College - Fort Lauderdale Campus 0 Private No No Associate find scholarships
Lake City Community College 2,200 Public Yes No Associate find scholarships
Lake Sumter Community College 0 Public No No Associate find scholarships
Manatee Community College 7,800 Public Yes No Associate find scholarships
Mercy Hospital - School of Practical Nursing 0 Public Yes No LPN find scholarships
Miami-Dade Community College 47,100 Public Yes No Associate, LPN find scholarships
Palm Beach Community College 17,300 Public Yes No Associate find scholarships
Pasco-Hernando Community College 5,200 Public Yes No Associate find scholarships
Pensacola Junior College 4,500 Public Yes No Associate find scholarships
Polk Community College 6,600 Public Yes No Associate find scholarships
Rasmussen College - Ocala Campus 0 Private No No Associate find scholarships
Santa Fe Community College 12,800 Public Yes No Associate, LPN find scholarships
Sarasota County Vocational Technical Center 0 Public Yes No LPN find scholarships
Seminole Community College 11,655 Public Yes No Associate, LPN, LPN-to-RN find scholarships
Sheridan Technical Center 3,200 Public Yes No LPN find scholarships
South Florida Community College 2,100 Public No No Associate find scholarships
Tallahassee Community College 10,800 Public No No Associate find scholarships
University of Miami School of Nursing 15 Private Yes No BS/BSN, Accelerated BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, Nurse Educator, Nurse Anesthetist, Nurse Practitioner, PhD (Doctoral), DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice) find scholarships
University of North Florida 10,700 Public Yes No BS/BSN, Accelerated BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, Nurse Practitioner find scholarships
University of South Florida 27,400 Public Yes No BS/BSN, Accelerated BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, RN-to-MSN, Nurse Practitioner, PhD (Doctoral) find scholarships
Valencia Community College 27,600 Public Yes No Associate find scholarships