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Colleges see increase in students pursuing nursing degrees
Mayo Davison
and last updated 2020-12-17 10:57:44-05
COLORADO SPRINGS â As we continue to rebound during the COVID-19 pandemic, local colleges seeing a huge increase in students pursuing nursing degrees.
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs reporting the largest numbers they ve had in five years. Enrollment in their Bachelor of Science in Nursing program increasing by 24 percent and their accelerated program by 17 percent.
Since Nita Duncan was eight-years-old, she always knew wanted to be in the medical field. Her passion for medicine prompting her to join the UCCS Accelerated Nursing Program. There hasn t been much in-person in regards to lectures, but we ve been able to be in clinicals in the hospital and still able to have our labs, said Duncan.