LTU Honored for Excellence in Undergraduate Nursing Education

Southfield, MI, June 26, 2025 — Colleges of Distinction is proud to name Lawrence Technological University a 2025-26 Nursing College of Distinction for its commitment to preparing compassionate, highly skilled nurses through innovative undergraduate education.

Having already earned recognition for overall excellence as a College of Distinction, LTU has now been specially acknowledged for its outstanding Nursing program in the College of Health Sciences. This award highlights the LTU Nursing approach to hands-on, ethical, patient focused, and  interdisciplinary training that equips students to excel in an ever-changing healthcare landscape.

“When it comes to training future nurses, we look for institutions that go beyond the standard curriculum,” said Tyson Schritter, Chief Operating Officer at Colleges of Distinction. “LTU stands out for its commitment to academic rigor, practical experience, and whole-person development.”

To receive this distinction, LTU demonstrated excellence in the following areas:

• Stability – The Nursing program has a strong history, operating with consistent enrollment, access to STEM scholarships, and a steady number of degrees awarded annually.
• Faculty Excellence – The Nursing program’s faculty members have received awards and peer recognition for their expertise and research contributions.
• Accreditation – The Nursing program is nationally accredited by respected organizations such as the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Practical Experience – Students gain hands-on experience through clinical work embedded throughout the curriculum, preparing them for real-world nursing practice.
• High Mastery Rates – A significant percentage of students consistently pass standardized exams, such as NCLEX or HESI A2, demonstrating their mastery of nursing knowledge and skills.
• Dedicated Advising and Counseling: The Nursing program and its faculty provide high-quality academic advising, major-specific guidance, and career counseling tailored to nursing students’ needs.
• Liberal Arts Exposure – The nursing program incorporates a multidisciplinary liberal arts curriculum that enhances problem-solving abilities, critical thinking skills, practical leadership, and a comprehensive understanding of diverse worldviews and perspectives—essential qualities that distinguish compassionate and competent nurses.
• High-Impact Practices – Students in the Nursing program engage in various high-impact practices, including learning to provide patient-centered care, including interventions to address the health outcomes of the social determinants of health undergraduate research experiences with faculty, relationship-based care, collaborative assignments and projects, community-based service learning, and capstone courses and projects.
• Industry Connections – Nursing students have ample opportunities to establish professional connections through clinical placements with places like Henry Ford Health System, and community service projects.

“Nursing students at LTU are trained to take decisive action, communicate effectively, and care deeply for their patients,” Schritter said. “The program’s excellence will echo far beyond the classroom and into every hospital, clinic, or community they serve.”

View LTU’s profile. Learn more about LTU’s Nursing program.

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About LTU

Lawrence Technological University, www.ltu.edu, is one of only 13 independent, technological, comprehensive doctoral universities in the United States. Located in Southfield, Mich., LTU was founded in 1932, and offers more than 100 programs through its Colleges of Architecture and Design, Arts and Sciences, Business and Information Technology, Engineering, and Health Sciences, as well as Specs@LTU, which offers communication training programs of the former Specs Howard School, and LTU’s growing Center for Professional Development. PayScale lists Lawrence Tech among the nation’s top 11 percent of universities for alumni salaries. Forbes and The Wall Street Journal rank LTU among the nation’s top 10 percent. U.S. News and World Report lists it in the top tier of best in the Midwest colleges. Students benefit from small class sizes and a real-world, hands-on, “theory and practice” education with an emphasis on leadership. Activities on Lawrence Tech’s 107-acre campus include more than 60 student organizations and NAIA varsity sports.