<p>I think Quinnipiac easily meets your criteria. We live in New England, and it has a very good reputation for the nursing program. We visited the school twice (after D was accepted), and it has an amazing new SIM facility and nursing building. The nursing building is at an off-site office park, a few miles from the main campus. My D looked closely at Quinnipaic, but they didn’t offer any merit money, and she felt like her choice was a better overall fit.</p>
<p>She was offered very good money from Seton Hall. They seem to have a good program, but she thought it seemed like a lot of kids didn’t stay on campus, and we were not sure about how one would get to clinical. They offered A LOT of money.</p>
<p>Another (safety) school in NH that offered A LOT of merit money was Colby Sawyer. It was very remote location, but apparently they offer some clinical experiences at Dartmouth Mary Hitchcock, and other small local hospitals. The school seemed too small and too remote for her.</p>
<p>You may have read some of my others posts. D is currently a freshman at University of Scranton. It may be another school you take a look at. It meets all of the criteria you identified. Again, the merit money helped it become more affordable and a great option for her.</p>
<p>Except for the money, Fairfield was very attractive and meets most of your other criteria.</p>
<p>URI and UVM seem to have larger introductory classes and campus size may exceed your desired size.</p>
<p>You may want to check out U Maine. We were pleasantly surprised by the campus and program.</p>