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Through every change, we remain the same. Clarkson College has not always been a college. Instead, we began in 1888 as a school of nursing—the first in Nebraska. Over the last 125 years, we have established a new campus, expanded our program offerings, and adopted a new name. All the while, we have maintained a commitment to preparing our students to be the best in various realms of health care. This commitment to excellence has and always will remain a defining quality of Clarkson College. Clarkson College offers a remarkable range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs designed to prepare individuals for entry-level and highly advanced roles in various health care disciplines. With the support and oversight of the Executive Leadership Team and the Board of Trustees, the College continually innovates in education and scholarship to ensure that we meet students' needs and the ever-changing field of health care. We are preparing students to professionally provide high quality, ethical, and compassionate health care services. The Mission of Clarkson College is to prepare students to professionally provide high quality, ethical, and compassionate health care services. With this in mind, program directors, and faculty identified five essential Student Success Skills: Communication, Critical Thinking, Technology, Professional Behavior, and Diversity. These skills are the Institutional Student Learning Outcomes for the College. They are measured within all departments on campus to provide evidence that students possess the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to become successful health care professionals. Student assessment is essential to ensure that our programs meet professional standards and all regional and program-specific accreditation requirements. Assessment data also guides improvements to our programs, enabling us to continue toward student excellence both in academics and through the resources we provide for a comprehensive college experience. At Clarkson College, you don't just study health care—you prepare to be the best in it. All around you are professionally trained faculty, practicing clinicians, and classmates who share the belief that they can better the lives of others. With eight fields and twenty majors to choose from, you have a broad range of options for making a difference—quite possibly even before you graduate. Clarkson College welcomes undergraduate and graduate students, transfer and international students, and adults returning to college to continue their studies or advance their health care careers. The Student Financial Services department helps provide talented, dedicated, and deserving students to attend Clarkson College. Whether you're seeking scholarships and grants, loans, payment plans, or a combination, we'll help you find the answer most suitable for you. College is a time of self-discovery, personal growth, and—most certainly—fun. We're thrilled your main objective is to pursue a future in health care, but we also want you to look back on your college education and recollect all of the things you experienced—lectures and textbooks aside. There are numerous ways for you to get involved at Clarkson College. Here's a peek at some of them. Clarkson College specializes in undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and professional development education in some of the most critical health care areas. Our focus for each academic pathway is to prepare high-quality providers, leaders, and educators in health care. Clarkson College offers a broad spectrum of safety and refresher courses for individuals of all pathways of life. Opportunities include non-degree life support training, skill development for maintaining a specific career path, and post-graduate continuing education. All are designed to build on each individual's personal goals, career path, experience, and education. Every day, Clarkson College alumni are changing lives in ways that are both practical and profound. As the proud alma mater of these astounding health care professionals, Clarkson College strives to keep our alumni connected to the College and one another. Clarkson College welcomes academically talented and intellectually curious students from across the globe interested in pursuing a career in health care. Clarkson College considers you an international applicant if you are neither a U.S. citizen nor a U.S. permanent resident. Before completing your paper application, review our application deadlines. Refer to the international student's checklist to ensure you submit all required admission materials. Depending on the program you are applying to, you may also have a few additional application requirements to complete. Clarkson College cannot issue an F-1 Visa for students wishing to enroll in any of our online programs. As Clarkson College, the institution is known today, began as a dream of Bishop Robert H. Clarkson in the late 1800s. Bishop Clarkson wanted to see the establishment of a first-rate nursing school in Omaha. The realization of his dream began in 1869 with the opening of Omaha's Good Samaritan Hospital. Seven months after its opening, the hospital was transferred to Bishop Clarkson. The College added a state-of-the-art simulation lab, equipped with simulated adult and infant patients (mannikins) that display conditions ranging from stagnant to high-fidelity. Clarkson College celebrated our 125th anniversary of preparing students to professionally provide high quality, ethical, and compassionate health care services. View full university

Welcome to Clarkson University. Over our 120+-year history, Clarkson has honed an ecosystem that lets you design your rigorous academics, research, and social life to intentionally collide with your passions to create a powerful learning experience. If you like to roll-up your sleeves to solve open-ended problems, we will get you ready to lead and impact a tech-driven world at the intersections of science, technology, engineering, arts, and business. Defy convention by going beyond the status quo of in-depth disciplinary knowledge. Everyone has opportunities and hands-on access to building the mindset and practical skillsets to stretch boundaries. Clarkson graduates emerge with the entrepreneurial competence to make sense of complex systems and forge connections across people and fields. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, senior executive, or owner of a company. As teacher-scholars at a nationally-recognized research university, Clarkson's globally oriented faculty pursue interdisciplinary research focused on rapidly solving real-world problems for a better future. Examples of signature areas of research include data analytics, STEM and entrepreneurial education, healthy world solutions, and the next generation of advanced materials. Our external network engages 380+ active partners in industry, government agencies, chambers of commerce, and research organizations, affording students access to world relevant problems to pursue with their professors and a direct pipeline to internships and careers after graduation. Our 4,300 students enroll in one of five New York locations or online and choose among 60 undergraduate and graduate programs in engineering, business, sciences, humanities and arts, education, and health professions that lead to bachelor's, master's, certificate, and doctoral degrees. In addition to an engaged 42,000+ strong alumni community living in 87 countries, our global reach extends through the networks of our schools, ROTC command, research centers, and institutes across the Clarkson corridor that connects Potsdam, Saranac Lake, Schenectady, Beacon, and New York City as well as more than 40 international university exchange partners. The Independent think tank, Brookings Institution, validates the value of a Clarkson education by placing us in the top 10 universities nationwide for increasing our students' lifetime earnings potential. Our commitment to living and lead by example begins with the University Mission Statement, the Vision of a Clarkson Education, and our Clarkson Values. Clarkson University is an independent, nationally recognized technological university whose teacher-scholars faculty aspires to offer superior instruction and engage in high-quality research and scholarship in engineering, business, science, health, and liberal arts. Our primary mission is to educate talented and motivated men and women to become successful professionals through quality pre-collegiate, undergraduate, graduate, and professional continuing education programs, emphasizing the undergraduate experience. Our community and campus settings enhance student life quality and afford students access to and interaction with their faculty. We value our university community's diversity, and we strive to attune ourselves and our programs to our global, pluralistic society. We share the belief that humane and environmentally sound economic and social development derives from the expansion, diffusion, and application of knowledge. Formally adopted in 1995, the Vision of a Clarkson Education is the foundation that differentiates Clarkson graduates around the globe — first as students, then as young professionals in high demand in a highly competitive marketplace, and ultimately as CEOs, company owners, and leaders with proven career and life success with remarkable mobility. (as cited by Brookings in naming top 10 universities nationwide for ROI). The Clarkson University educational experience is designed to provide talented and ambitious students with the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve leadership positions within their chosen profession. The combination of Clarkson's strong technologically rich curricula and state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities, coupled with an unparalleled commitment to a friendly learning environment and students' personal development, uniquely prepares Clarkson graduates to excel in their chosen professions and to lead rewarding and creative lives. Clarkson offers 60+ programs in engineering, business, science, humanities and arts, education, and health professions that lead to bachelor's, master's, certificate, and doctoral degrees. Through the intentional collision of your academic, research, and social life with your passions, the Clarkson educational experience provides you with the knowledge and skills to achieve your goals and earn leadership positions within your chosen profession. Clarkson is for students who know their purpose or who are looking to find it. Maybe it's helping find ways to detect breast cancer earlier, creating the latest fragrance for a leading cosmetics company, or managing a Fortune 500 company. Maybe it's designing the next must-have video game, becoming your hometown's newest start-up company, or discovering the latest renewable energy form. Whatever your purpose - discover it, pursue it, and position yourself to ignite it at Clarkson. We pursue interdisciplinary research focused on rapidly solving real-world problems for a better future. Our students learn through instruction and guidance from nationally recognized faculty whose commitment to teaching, scholarship, research, and innovation has made Clarkson a top-tier nationally ranked research university. While individual scholars pursue many interests, Clarkson is internationally known for data analytics, STEM and entrepreneurial education, healthy world solutions, and the next generation of advanced materials. Our external network engages more than 380+ active partners in industry, government agencies, chambers of commerce, and research organizations, affording students access to world relevant problems to pursue with their professors and a direct pipeline to internships and careers after graduation. View full university