Undergraduate Nursing Program

Become the knowledgeable, dedicated, skilled, and compassionate registered nurse healthcare needs now: Earn your degree at Molloy University and take the best step toward becoming the nurse leader of tomorrow.

At Molloy, you’ll benefit from:

• A highly regarded nursing program recognized nationwide for the quality of our curriculum and faculty and the skillset and compassion of our nurse graduates.
• Expert faculty committed to your success. Our accessible faculty use innovative strategies to equip you with the tools necessary for your development as a professional nurse. A small student/faculty ratio assures your individual needs will be met. Your academic adviser and our extensive support services will promote your academic progress.
• A well-rounded curriculum that prepares you for humanistic, professional nursing practice in a wide array of healthcare environments including hospitals, clinics, schools, and other settings that promote wellness and address illness.
• Diverse clinical experiences, including critical care, maternity/family nursing, pediatrics, psychiatric-mental health, and community health, with opportunities to apply nursing theory and skills in the real world of patient care.
• Valuable hands-on training in our state-of-the-art skills and simulation learning laboratory, where you’ll practice what you learn and develop clinical judgment with the guidance of expert nursing faculty and experienced nursing lab instructors.
• Our proven approach to registered nurse certification: Molloy’s 2021 National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) first-time pass rate is 89.18%.

With a prior Bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing field and course prerequisites met*, you can obtain your nursing degree on a fast track with the option to complete the program in 16, 19 or 24 months.

At Molloy, you can:

• Learn from an outstanding faculty, nationally recognized as leaders in the nursing community.
• Get involved in a vibrant educational experience that integrates both theory and clinical practice in a framework of humanistic nursing, which values the inherent dignity of all people.
• Gain valuable hands-on training in our state-of-the-art skills and simulation learning laboratory where you’ll practice what you learn and develop clinical judgment with the guidance of expert nursing faculty and experienced nursing lab instructors.
• Graduate with the skills to communicate, evaluate, and deliver effective, high-quality, compassionate healthcare with a strong foundation for graduate education so you can move up to advanced nursing roles.
• Benefit from convenient online course formats in our signature degree completion programs.
• *Prerequisites include a bachelor’s degree and a C+ or better in: Anatomy 1 and 2, Physiology 1 and 2, Microbiology, Organic/Biological Chemistry, Nutrition, General Psychology, Intro to Sociology, and Statistics.

Are you looking to change careers and become a nurse? Take a closer look at the accelerated Second Degree Nursing program at Molloy University. Designed for individuals with a bachelor’s (or higher) degree in a non-nursing major, this flexible program enables you to achieve your dream of a nursing career while you live your life.

At Molloy, you’ll benefit from:

• A personalized approach to your education. You may complete prerequisite courses at Molloy, be admitted into the accelerated BS in nursing, or dually admitted into both the BS and MS in nursing programs.
• The opportunity to take graduate courses while earning your bachelor’s. Depending on your GPA, you may be permitted to take courses toward your master’s while completing your BS in nursing. (You’re required to pass the National Council Licensing Exam (NCLEX-RN) and complete one year of full-time clinical experience as an RN to continue with graduate nursing courses after completing your BS.)
• Expert faculty committed to your success. Our accessible faculty uses innovative strategies to equip you with the tools necessary for your development as a professional nurse. A small student/faculty ratio assures your individual needs will be met. Your academic adviser and our extensive support services will promote your academic progress.
• A well-rounded curriculum that prepares you for humanistic, professional nursing practice in a wide array of healthcare environments, including hospitals, clinics, schools, and other settings that promote wellness and address illness.
• Valuable hands-on training in our state-of-the-art skills and simulation learning laboratory, where you’ll practice what you learn and develop clinical judgment with the guidance of expert nursing faculty and experienced nursing lab instructors.
• Our proven approach to registered nurse certification. Molloy’s 2021 National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) first-time pass rate is 89.18%

If you’re a licensed practical nurse (LPN) looking to advance your healthcare career—and make an even greater difference in patients’ lives—enroll in the Molloy LPN to BS mobility program and earn your bachelor’s in nursing degree.

At Molloy, you’ll benefit from:

• College credits for your experience. In this program, you may qualify for advanced standing opportunities based on your academic preparation and clinical practice experience as an LPN.
• Generous transfer credit policies. You may transfer credits earned at another college or university. Additional credits may be earned through division developed challenges and CLEP examination of identified liberal arts and science courses.
• A highly regarded nursing program recognized nationwide for the quality of our curriculum and faculty—and the skillset and compassion of our nurse graduates.
• Expert faculty committed to your success. Our accessible faculty uses innovative strategies to equip you with the tools necessary for your development as a professional nurse. A small student/faculty ratio assures your individual needs will be met. Your academic adviser and our extensive support services will promote your academic progress.
• A well-rounded curriculum that prepares you for humanistic, professional nursing practice in a wide array of healthcare environments, including hospitals, clinics, schools, and other settings that promote wellness and address illness.
• Diverse clinical experiences including critical care, maternity/family nursing, pediatrics, psychiatric-mental health, and community health, with opportunities to apply nursing theory and skills in the real world of patient care.
• Valuable hands-on training in our state-of-the-art skills and simulation learning laboratory, where you’ll practice what you learn and develop clinical judgment with the guidance of expert nursing faculty and experienced nursing lab instructors.
• Our proven approach to registered nurse certification. Molloy’s 2021 National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) first-time pass rate is 89.18%

The Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing, Master’s Degree in Nursing, Doctor of Nursing Practice and Post-graduate APRN certificate programs at Molloy University are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

Molloy University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Both the CCNE and the MSCHE are institutional accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

The International Nursing Association for Clinical Stimulation & Learning has endorsed Molloy’s Barbara Hagan School of Nursing and Health Sciences for the Core Four Standards: Prebriefing, Debriefing, Facilitation, and Professional Integrity. Molloy University is the only Long Island institution to receive this endorsement.