List of Nursing Friendly Softball College Programs

[LEsoftballdad]

SUNY Plattsburgh allows for nursing majors. D3 school in northern NY.

 

[whiporee]

Also, when looking at nursing programs, make sure the school has a program on campus, which means they have an affiliated hospital nearby. One of the thing we learned is that a lot of schools claim to have nursing programs, but the nursing school is actually somewhere else. Kansas's is in Kansas City. Colorado's is in Denver, Arizona State is an downtown Phoenix, Ole Miss's is in Jackson. If your DD is serious about nursing, make sure she gets clarification of where the nursing school is in relation to the main campus, because schools hide that information.

 

[Comocoach]

One of the issues with nursing programs is that in the 4th and sometimes 3rd year programs have clinical rotations that can't be missed. One of the schools dd visited had nursing majors. I remember the coach telling her they usually only played 2-3 years.

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DD just graduated from a D2 with a four year nursing degree. She played all four years. There was a constant shuffling and juggling of classes and practices. Never had to miss a game, rescheduling clinicals or finding ways to make them up was always an option. I think that it was mostly just good luck in the scheduling process on both the softball and the nursing side.

The only potential conflict to come up was a required covid vaccine shot at a required time and place for students in her cohort (due to vaccine availability, it was early spring 2021). A few emails and phone calls between coach, AD, nursing dept head, and the hospital allowed the two softball girls to get their shots in the morning instead of afternoon, so DD and teammate were able to make the bus. Obviously, this isn't going to be the norm at every school.

Not gonna lie. A nursing degree while playing a sport is crazy hard and super stressful for everyone involved.

 

[machine]

NIU
Loyola Chicago

Had players in Nursing program...

 

[tim_s]

D III Husson University (ME) - one nursing major on current roster, we know another headed there in fall
D III Univ of Southern Maine - 4 on current roster as nursing majors

 

[MNDad]

University of Minnesota recently had a player graduate with a nursing degree.

 

[John T]

I believe St Cloud State has a good nursing program. NCAA D2 school.

 

[MNDad]

I believe St Cloud State has a good nursing program. NCAA D2 school.

My brother got his nursing degree there and wife got her masters in Special Ed there.

 

[Tide_will_Roll]

Not sure if it has been mentioned but Wilkes University (D-3) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania has 6 nursing majors on the team for this season.

They also have a number of pharmacy majors as well as neuroscience and biology.

 

[VASoftball Dad]

Known Nursing Friendly Softball College Programs:
Fairfield U (CT) - D1
St Francis (PA) Red Flash - D1
Liberty (VA) - D1
South Alabama (AL) - D1
Alabama (AL) - D1

Dominican College (NY) - D2
Concordia - Portland (OR) - D2
Holy Names (CA) - D2
Willliam Jewell (MO) - D2
University of Charleston (WV) - D2
Winona State (MN) - D2
Alderson Broaddus (WV) - D2
Augustana (SD) - D2
University of Missouri at St Louis (MO) - D2
Catawba College (NC) D2
Lee University, (TN) - D2

St Catherine’s (MN) - D3
Ohio Northern (OH) - D3
Carroll University (WI) - D3
Alvernia (PA) - D3
Buffton U (OH) - D3
Salve Regina (RI) - D3
The Sage Colleges (NY) - D3
New England Nor'Easters (ME) - D3
Endicott (MA) - D3
Becker (MA) - D3
Millikin (IL) - D3
U Dallas (TX) - D3
Mary Hardin Baylor (TX) - D3
St Jospehs College Brooklyn (NY) - D3

Viterbo V-Hawks (WI) - NAIA
Avilka (KS) - NAIA
Lourdes (OH) - NAIA
Lyon College (AK) - NAIA
Grace College (IN) - NAIA
Bethel College (IN) - NAIA
Spring Arbor (MI) - NAIA
Concordia (MI) - NAIA
Grand View University (IA) - NAIA

Colleges With Known Previous Nursing Majors who played Softball
Georgetown (DC) - D1
Bethune Cookman (FL) - D1
Nova Southeastern (FL) - D2
Eastern Louisiana (LA)- D2
Georgia Southwest (GA) - D2
Palm Beach Atlantic (FL) - D2
University of St. Francis (IL) - NAIA

If people post other programs I will add and maintain.
This is probably worth being a sticky - even to just help destroy the myth.
Yes, it is a lot of work - but yes, it is possible. Same with any other academic goal.

Couple more recent schools with softball nursing majors:

D1 Robert Morris
D1 Western Illinois