Education
BY VALERIA ESCOBAR
Higher Education Guide
2025
UH College of Nursing nears decade of combating Texas’ nursing shortage
90% Bachelor's graduates with job placement at graduation
Master's graduates with job placement at graduation 100%
As the University of Houston’s Andy & Barbara Gessner College of Nursing approaches its 10-year anniversary in August, the college has more than quadrupled its student enrollment and produced nearly 2,000 trained individuals to help tackle the state’s nursing shortage. Through the college’s two instructional sites in Sugar Land and Katy, students are able to receive training from faculty and gain clinical experience at hospitals across Houston, said Kathryn Tart, dean of the college of nursing.
The results The college is the only public nursing program in the Houston area that sits in a fully comprehensive university, Tart said. The college offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate nursing degrees. “If you talk to our hospitals, … they’ll say they love to hire our students, because our students stay in the community,” Tart said. Looking ahead The college has requested $15 million from the 2025 Texas Legislature to fund a
98% Graduates working in Texas
Clinical Affiliation Agreements with Houston-area health care facilities 111
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Perioperative Nursing Center of Excellence at the Sugar Land campus.
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