Points of Pride

Mennonite College of Nursing

  • Top of the Class

    Finish your BSN in one year with our 8-week courses.

  • Innovative Facilities

    The Nursing Simulation Lab is a 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art learning center. High-fidelity patient simulators, standardized patients, an electronic medical record system, and realistic medical equipment are used to provide students experience in a controlled clinical setting.

  • Leading the Way

    MCN graduates achieved a 96 percent pass rate on the national nursing licensure examination (NCLEX-RN) in 2018—better than state and national averages (88 percent).

Departments and Programs Pride

  • Nursing students have access to state-of-the-art simulation laboratories at both Bloomington-Normal and Springfield locations.

  • After completing the program, students are eligible to take the FNP certification examination through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) to become certified as family nurse practitioners. The cumulative pass rate on the certification exam for MCN students since the sequence began is 99%.

  • Illinois State University Nursing is proud to offer students an online MSN in Nursing Leadership and Management program, offering an ideal work/life balance. Courses are taught online and asynchronous by the same faculty as our on-campus programs. Mennonite College of Nursing has achieved 100+ years of nursing excellence.

  • Classes are taught by faculty who conduct cutting-edge research and who have clinical expertise. Our faculty-student ratio at clinical sites is 1-to-8.

  • The America's Promise School Project has developed unique clinical opportunities for oral health initiatives in Central Illinois elementary schools.

  • Nurses with Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees report faster salary growth, more opportunities for promotion, and higher job satisfaction.

  • The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $2 million grant to MCN to support diversity in the nursing workforce in 2017.

  • The Bureau of Health Workforce in the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Human Services awarded a $1.4 million Advanced Nursing Education Workforce grant to MCN in 2017. This two-year grant will prepare FNP students to practice primary care in rural and underserved settings.

  • This program delivers a fully online and primarily asynchronous curriculum to allow for balancing complex schedules. MCN consistently values a strong PhD student and faculty community.

  • The Transcultural Nursing Experience allows students the opportunity to examine nursing care in a location that is culturally different. Locations have included Brazil, England, and Russia.

Accreditations