Nursing students across all our campus locations have the opportunity to practice their skills and grow their confidence in simulation settings by working with classmates, manikins or standardized patients (who serve as actors) before working with real-life patients in the field.
The WVU School of Nursing offers accredited undergraduate and graduate level programs on five campuses and online.
The focus of West Virginia University School of Nursing's research is reducing health disparities among rural Appalachians. It is through this ongoing work with adults, families, and communities that WVU's nurse researchers are positively impacting the health of West Virginians.
Two graduate programs at the WVU School of Nursing have ranked in the top 75 in the country, according to the 2026 U.S. News & World Report rankings. The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Nurse Anesthetist program ranked No. 60 for Best Nurse Anesthesia Programs, and the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program ranked No. 75 for Best Nursing Schools: Master’s.
[To our scholarship donors,] thank you so much for everything you do — not only for myself but for the other students' lives you have impacted. I’m so grateful for this opportunity and I hope that maybe I can do the same in the future for another student. Truly, it’s an inspiration and a blessing.