About Goldfarb School of Nursing
Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College has been educating nurses for over 60 years. As a leading educational institution, our mission is to continue our legacy of being a top-ranked nursing school.
Our Mission
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To prepare exceptional nurse leaders in an academic learner-centered environment.
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To be a national academic leader in nursing education, research and scholarship.

Our Vision
Listen as Dr. Angela Clark, Maxine and Bob Fox President, introduces herself and gives you a glimpse into the vision for Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College.

Our BJC Values
Compassion
We promise to care about you.
Respect
We promise to treat you with dignity.
Excellence
We promise to be our best.
Safety
We promise to keep you safe.
Teamwork
We promise to partner with you.
Committed to Our Mission
- Provide a learning-centered educational environment that respects and values the diversity of all persons
- Advance and disseminate knowledge to continuously improve nursing education, nursing practice and patient care outcomes
- Promote intra/interprofessional education for collaborative practice
- Facilitate the development of nurses who, within their scope of practice, provide safe, compassionate and ethical care in diverse communities
- Foster lifelong learning and reflective, professional practice
- Develop professional nurses to assume leadership and advanced practice roles to improve health care in their communities
- Improve the provision of nursing through evidence-based practice that incorporates the best evidence, professional expertise and patient and family values
- Practice to promote skills, patient safety, improved outcomes and access to information for clinical decision-making through an accountable use of technology
- Influence global healthcare through developing professional nurses who understand the social, political and economic forces impacting the provision of care and who actively participate in efforts to improve healthcare policy

What We Follow
Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College makes every effort to ensure the following:
- An environment in which students, faculty, staff and administration are accepted for their own worth and dignity
- Active support of scholarly endeavors that contribute to excellence in clinical practice and education
- Compliance with discipline-specific ethical codes and practice standards and to the BJC HealthCare Code of Conduct

Shared Responsibility
Members of the community — students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni — share in the responsibility to support the School’s mission as an institution of higher education. Each member is expected to respect the purposes of the College, the goals of its programs and the views of its members.
The College community is governed by what ought to be rather than by what is. Each member is responsible for repudiating all forms of academic and intellectual dishonesty, treating each other with respect and dignity and acting with concern for the safety and well-being of all.
Inquiry, discourse and dissent within the ordered academic environment are key elements within the School. The community is supportive of democratic and lawful procedures, dedicated to the use of problem-solving approaches, open to change and committed to the institution’s historical values and traditions.

Fast Facts
(as of Fall 2020)
680
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Total Enrollment |
12%
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Male Students |
87%
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Female Students |
1%
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Additional Genders Students |
21.5%
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First-Generation College Students |
53.8%
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Gen-Z |
42.1%
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Millennials |
3.8%
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Gen-X |
0.3%
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Baby Boomers |
14% and 16.5%
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Undergraduate and Graduate Minority Students |
Over 12,000
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Alumni since 1902 |
93.3%
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NCLEX Pass Rate (2019) |
93.96%
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NCLEX Pass Rate (Q1-3, 2020) |
91.46
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NCLEX PAss Rate (2020) |
93.36%
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BSN Degree- One Time Completion Rate (2019) |
100%
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MSN (CRNA)- One Time Completion Rate (2019) |
0.7%
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Student Loan Default Rate (Fall 2020) |
18 out of 106
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2016 U.S. News & World |
51 out of 100
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2018 Nursing Schools Almanac for Top 100 nursing schools in the United States |
146 out of 220
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2019 U.S. News & World Report Ranking for Best Nursing Schools: Master's |