{"id":5701,"date":"2023-12-06T14:07:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T20:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/?p=5701"},"modified":"2024-05-29T09:48:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T14:48:45","slug":"online-lpn-to-rn-program-ranked-third-best-nationally-by-edumed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/06\/online-lpn-to-rn-program-ranked-third-best-nationally-by-edumed\/","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid LPN-to-RN Program Ranked Third-Best Nationally by EduMed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accolades continue to pour in for Northwest Technical College&rsquo;s nursing programs, as website EduMed.org has ranked NTC&rsquo;s associate&rsquo;s degree programs among the nation&rsquo;s best.<\/p>\n<p>In total, two NTC programs were named Best in Minnesota, and three ranked among the top 20 programs in the nation &mdash; including the online degree-completion bridge program for licensed practical nurses (LPN) seeking their registered nurse (RN) certification, which EduMed ranked as the third-best in the nation. NTC&rsquo;s rankings were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best in Minnesota, two-year schools: Online LPN-to-RN bridge program; online RN program<\/li>\n<li>National: Online LPN-to-RN bridge program (3rd); online associate&rsquo;s degree in nursing (15th); online RN program (18th)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>NTC&rsquo;s Nursing Programs<\/h2>\n<p>NTC&rsquo;S nursing programs are fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). Bemidji&rsquo;s technical college received initial accreditation for its associate and practical nursing programs in 2019. Initial accreditation indicates a determination by the ACEN Board of Commissioners that NTC&rsquo;s programs comply with all relevant accreditation standards.<\/p>\n<p>NTC&rsquo;s programs are flexible; courses are offered online and asynchronously, meaning students can complete coursework as their schedules allow. Students come to campus for labs once per month, and have on-site clinical experience requirements as well.<\/p>\n<p>Fully 100% of NTC&rsquo;s 2021 graduates from the associate&rsquo;s degree and LPN step-in nursing programs who were seeking employment as nurses were employed in the field within a year of graduation.<\/p>\n<h3>Associate&rsquo;s Degree in Nursing<\/h3>\n<p>NTC&rsquo;s 64-credit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/nursing\/admission-to-nursing\/as-traditional-rn-program\/\">associate of science degree in nursing<\/a> is for students who have completed a nursing assistant course or by certified nursing assistants (CNA) and can be completed in two years. The course also stacks and transfers directly into Bemidji State University&rsquo;s bachelor&rsquo;s degree program in nursing.<\/p>\n<h3>LPN Step-In Program<\/h3>\n<p>Current licensed practical nurses can complete their RN in three semesters through NTC&rsquo;s 64-credit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/nursing\/admission-to-nursing\/as-nursing-lpn-step-in-track\/\">step-in program<\/a>. Graduates may apply for licensure as RNs or transfer to Bemidji State University and pursue a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in nursing.<\/p>\n<h2>About the EduMed Rankings<\/h2>\n<p>EduMed&rsquo;s rankings are based on self-reported data available through the federal government&rsquo;s Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). The website ranks schools and programs by looking at the number of online programs in a relevant subject area and a school&rsquo;s percentage of online students, while also factoring in cost, levels of institutional grant aid, student-to-faculty ratios and the existence of academic counseling and career-placement services on campuses.<\/p>\n<h2>Learn More<\/h2>\n<h3>Northwest Technical College<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/nursing\/admission-to-nursing\/as-traditional-rn-program\/\">Associate&rsquo;s degree in nursing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/career-paths\/health-care\/nursing\/admission-to-nursing\/as-nursing-lpn-step-in-track\/\">LPN-to-RN Step-In nursing program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>IPEDS<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">National Center for Education Statistics<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nces.ed.gov\/ipeds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">IPEDS<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>EDUMED<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edumed.org\/online-schools\/nursing-rn-programs\/lpn-lvn-to-rn\/minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LPN to RN Programs in Minnesota: Best Online &amp; On-Campus<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edumed.org\/online-schools\/associate-nursing-programs\/#2-year-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The Best Online ADN Programs for 2024<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edumed.org\/online-schools\/nursing-rn-programs\/#2-year-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Top Online RN Programs &amp; Nursing Schools for 2024<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edumed.org\/online-schools\/nursing-rn-programs\/lpn-lvn-to-rn\/#2-year-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Today&rsquo;s Best LPN\/LVN to RN Bridge Programs: Online &amp; Campus<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edumed.org\/online-schools\/nursing-rn-programs\/minnesota\/#2-year-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Best Nursing Schools in Minnesota for 2024: Online &amp; Campus<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NTC nursing programs win two &#8220;Best in Minnesota&#8221; accolades, LPN-to-RN step-in program named nation&#8217;s 3rd-best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-landing-page","category-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5701"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5824,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5701\/revisions\/5824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}