UNC vs UMB Nursing PhD

[hsar]

Hey guys

 

I got accepted to UNC and UMB in PHD nursing program. But I didn't make a decision yet... Of course, UNC is higher than UMB in US news ranking, but faculties of UMB have gotten more interested to me than UNC and UMB has a good hospital in Baltimore.

Funding is also a big issue.. Both of them did not give me a scholarship in this time. so If I choose one, which one is better to get a scholarship?? Anyone can give me a tip?? I don't know the real reputation of both programs... I'm confused.....

Edited April 30, 2013 by hsar

[juilletmercredi]

You didn't get full funding to attend a PhD in nursing?  I wouldn't attend either of them, and would reapply next year.  Personally I would not do a PhD without funding, but especially not in nursing, where there's a faculty shortage and lots of federal money from the NIH and HRSA.

 

If you're going to attend anyway, then it depends.  UNC does have a better-ranked school of nursing (and not just for US News) but if the research match is better at UMBC, then that may be the better place for you.  If you want to be nursing faculty, because there is a nursing shortage where you go matters less than it does in other fields, although I have noticed that nursing professors at top schools typically got their PhDs from top schools, too.