An important segment of the region’s clinical assets are its nurses and the 33 schools of nursing that train them.

• Registered Nurses: 49,641 / 35,893 (Metro/NYC)
• Licensed Pratical Nurses: 3,782 / 2,701 (Metro/NYC)

• Adelphi University School of Nursing
• Borough of Manhattan Community College — CUNY — Department of Nursing
• Bronx Community College — CUNY — Department of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences
• College of Mount Saint Vincent
• College of New Rochelle
• College of Staten Island, a CUNY school
• Columbia University School of Nursing
• Dorothea Hopfer School of Nursing - Mount Vernon Hospital
• Helene Fuld College of Nursing
• Hunter Bellevue School of Nursing, a CUNY school
• Interfaith Medical Center School of Nursing
• Kingsborough Community College of CUNY — Department of Nursing
• LaGuardia Community College — CUNY — Natural and Applied Science Department
• Lehman College, a CUNY School
• Long Island College School of Health Professions, Brookville
• Long Island University, Brooklyn
• Medgar Evers College, Department of Nursing, a CUNY School
• Mercy College — Division of Health Professions
• Nassau Community College — Nursing Department
• New York City College of Technology — Nursing Department
• New York Institute of Technology
• New York University
• Pace University
• Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing
• Queensborough Community College of CUNY — Nursing Department
• SUNY Downstate Medical Center
• SUNY Farmingdale
• SUNY Stony Brook
• Saint Joseph’s College New York — Department of Nursing
• St. Francis College
• Suffolk County Community College — Department of Nursing and Allied Programs
• Wagner College
• York College of CUNY — RN/BS Nursing Program