Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Empowering the next generation of nursing leaders  

The path to becoming a registered nurse takes commitment and teamwork. As a nursing student at Loyola University Maryland, you will build the critical reasoning and empathy necessary to engage with individuals of many backgrounds and perspectives. You will reflect deeply on ethics and what it means to dedicate oneself to the art and science of nursing. You will acquire the complex skills, cultural sensitivity, teamwork, and commitment to life-long learning that ensure a successful profession as a registered nurse.

Loyola’s innovative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program is uniquely designed to integrate our exceptional liberal arts foundation with a holistic nursing education, steeped in the Jesuit tradition of care and social justice. Education in direct patient care includes a wide range of clinical rotations at our nursing education partner, Mercy Medical Center, a hospital recognized nationally for nursing excellence. Loyola’s BSN program offers a transformative learning environment with dedicated Nursing faculty focused on student success and providing the foundations of didactic and clinical learning. Current nursing students may view the Student Handbook and Catalogue for more information.

Loyola University Maryland’s BSN program has been approved by The Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) and the Maryland Board of Nursing (MBON). Loyola welcomed its first class of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students in Fall 2025. The graduates of Loyola’s BSN program are eligible for Registered Nurse licensure in Maryland. Maryland is a member of the Nurse Licensure Compact for RN licensure. For more information on multistate compact licensure, visit the NCSBN website on the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) and APRN Compact. See more licensure information and disclosures.

A nurse and a student working on an ultrasound machine

A student and Loyola administrator walking in Mercy hospital

Contact Us

For Academic- and Clinical-Related Questions:
Email Dr. Sharon O’Neill, DNP, J.D., CRNP, Director of Loyola’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program, at nursing@loyola.edu

For Admission-Related Questions:
Email the Office of Undergraduate Admission at admission@loyola.edu

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Why Nursing at Loyola

Program Highlights

Clinical Training through our Partnership with Mercy Medical Center

Mercy Medical Center, an anchor institution in Baltimore City for 150 years, will provide the setting for your clinical training as you progress through your nursing rotations. Mercy’s excellence in nursing is recognized with a coveted American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Magnet designation, a distinction held by fewer than 10% of U.S. hospitals, demonstrating Mercy Medical Center's high standards for exemplary nursing practices.

Comprehensive Curriculum

Our BSN program offers a robust curriculum that balances core nursing competencies and evidence-based nursing practices with Loyola’s rigorous liberal arts education. With clinical learning opportunities, state-of-the-art science laboratories, and our forthcoming simulation lab, you will put theory into practice and be ready to meet the diverse needs of patients in various health care settings.

Clear Path to a Nursing Career

Loyola’s successful BSN degree program applicants are accepted directly to the BSN program, a distinction from many other undergraduate nursing programs. Your nursing-specific courses begin with a professional development seminar during the first week you arrive on campus. You will build confidence in your nursing competencies over all four years of your college experience. Loyola’s rigorous education is grounded in the natural sciences and liberal arts, nursing theory, and nursing clinicals. One-on-one academic advising and support will prepare you for success with the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). You will amplify your clinical judgment and compassionate delivery of care through goal setting, observation, practice, feedback, self-evaluation, and reflection.

Instruction from Dedicated Faculty and Practitioners

Loyola students benefit from small class sizes (our student-to-faculty ratio is 12:1) and the mentorship and guidance of our dedicated, interdisciplinary faculty—teacher-scholars and clinical leaders who are experts in their fields. Your classes, skills training, and clinicals create a balanced framework for learning in which knowledge meets practice, creating unmatched competency for your future as a registered nurse.

A Degree Centered on Values

Loyola’s BSN program emphasizes the Jesuit values of cura personalis (care for the whole person), social justice, and ethical responsibility. These principles are woven throughout your coursework and clinical experiences, ensuring that our nursing graduates are skilled professionals who are also compassionate caregivers and principled leaders.

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Curriculum and Learning Aims

Our BSN program offers a robust curriculum that balances core nursing competencies with Loyola’s exceptional liberal arts education.

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Sample Courses

Nursing Professional Development in Clinical Judgment
Life Span Development
Bioethics
Human Nutrition
Human Anatomy and Physiology + Laboratory
Mental Health Promotion and Psychiatric Nursing + Clinical
Fundamentals of Nursing + Clinical
Pathophysiology
Pharmacology Clinical Laboratory
Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults + Clinical
Maternal Health and Childbearing + Clinical
Transition into Professional Nursing Clinical
Leadership and Management in Nursing + Clinical

Our Mission

Our mission is to educate and inspire future nurses to learn, lead, and serve in a diverse and changing world in the tradition of our Jesuit, Catholic commitment to the whole person and excellence in learning. Our graduates will be prepared to exercise clinical judgment and provide patient-centered care in all health care settings and across the span of human life, with particular emphasis on serving the medically underserved.

The Loyola Difference

Our students will achieve a dynamic and competency-based education that integrates critical thinking and clinical decision-making into a wide range of professional nursing circumstances. Our multidisciplinary learning environment fosters adept practitioners who become valued members and leaders of interprofessional teams. Your education as a future registered nurse begins during your first week at Loyola, allowing you to fully integrate your identity as a member of the vocation that for many years has been voted as the most trusted profession in the country.

Cheryl Moore-Thomas, Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President

Loyola is a proven leader, known for graduates who excel in the sciences. At our Jesuit, Catholic liberal arts university, our students also benefit from a rich, values-based core curriculum that helps them become the ethical, compassionate, analytical leaders needed in health care.