HEGIS Code: 1203.10

• Spring 2025 Extended Priority Deadline: November 18, 2024
• Spring 2025 Regular Deadline: December 2, 2024

Application Deadlines

The application process for the LGCC-SPS Dual/Joint Program is initiated at the Nursing Department at LaGuardia Community College. For more information, contact Faith Armstrong, farmstrong@lagcc.cuny.edu or visit LGCC's website at https://www.laguardia.edu/home/.

This dual/joint degree program in nursing with LaGuardia Community College (LGCC) and the CUNY School of Professional Studies enables qualified students enrolled in the LGCC AAS in Nursing program to seamlessly transition to the BS in Nursing at CUNY SPS. Students in this dual/joint program are guided in the selection of courses by an advisor in order to efficiently progress through the general education and nursing program requirements.

Career and Academic Prospects

The BS in Nursing program prepares students to assume leadership positions in hospitals, community agencies, and long-term care facilities across the metropolitan area and beyond. Students gain the tools needed to meet the challenges of the evolving healthcare system, as well as the knowledge and experience required to move forward into graduate level studies and advanced practice nursing.

Completion Rates

CUNY SPS RN-BS benchmark for program completion rates:

75% of students will complete the RN- BS program within five years. Using CCNE guidelines for calculating these rates, the five-year completion rates are:

• 2019-2024 = 94%
• 2018-2023 = 96%
• 2017-2022 = 96%

Job Placement Statistics

Undergraduate program outcome: 80% of RN-BS alumni will report employment as a RN within twelve months.

• 2023 = 89%
• 2022 = 92%
• 2021 = 78%