<p>My D is also planning on a BSN degree and was told by many nurses and the director of a Univ nursing program that when looking for a good nursing program what is most important is the NCLEX pass rate of recent graduating classes. A big name or large university is not that important. If you have a BSN and pass the NCLEX for your RN, you are good to go. There are many small colleges that have great direct entry nursing programs with an almost perfect pass rate which means they picked the right students who were capable of passing and obviously had a good program to prepare them to pass. Take a look at Pace University Lienhard School of Nursing in Westchester NY or Mount Saint Mary in Newburgh, Curry College in Milton, MA just to name a few. I have also heard great things about Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart and St. Joe’s in CT. I am not sure of URI or Salve Regina’s NCLEX pass rates, but they are also in the Northeast.</p>