Nursing Education Research & Statistics

2024 Alert for Deans & Directors: The Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing you may be expecting to receive soon will not be sent to you until 2025. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to your participation in our survey next year.

The graphs below illustrate essential data about applications, admissions, enrollment, retention, and graduation rates; and provide a comprehensive demographic profile of the current student population documenting ethnic-racial identity, gender, and age.​

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Annual Survey

• NLN Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing 2022-2023
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Infographic Highlights (PDF)

Previous Surveys

• NLN Annual Survey of Schools of Nursing 2021-2022
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Infographic Highlights (PDF)
• NLN Faculty Census Survey 2020-2021
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Infographic Highlights (PDF)
• NLN Biennial Survey of Schools of Nursing 2019-2020
  
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Infographic Highlights (PDF)
• NLN Faculty Census Survey 2018-2019
  
  • Executive Summary (PDF)
  • Infographic Highlights (PDF)

Nurse Educators

• Educational Preparation
• Educator Rank
• Nurse Educator Demographics
• Nurse Educators
• Tenure Status

Other Surveys

• NLN Deans' and Director's Survey Regarding COVID-19
• NLN Massive COVID-19 Vaccinations Survey