See Roxborough Memorial Hospital's Nursing School Ranking

ROXBOROUGH, PHILADELPHIA — Nurses are among the most important healthcare workers in the field. And in Pennsylvania, we have some stellar nursing schools, one of which is right here in Roxborough.

RegisteredNursing.org recently release its 3rd Annual State RN Program Rankings.

The ranks were calculated by analyzing current and historical NCLEX-RN "pass rates," meaning the percentage of graduates who pass the exam, out of the 77 RN programs in the state.

And two Roxborough Memorial Hospital's program made the list.

The program was ranked the 28th best in the state.

Other area programs in the top 30 include Villanova University, Temple University, Neumann College, UPenn, and Drexel University.

You can see the full ranks from RegisteredNursing.org here.

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