
Arizona College of Nursing-Fort Lauderdale is the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, campus of Arizona College of Nursing, a private, career-focused institution specializing in nursing education. The campus should be understood as part of a multicampus college, rather than as a separate Florida university with a broad range of majors.
Arizona College traces its origins to career training in Arizona before expanding its nursing education to other states. That expansion helps explain the Fort Lauderdale campus's specialized bachelor's-degree focus. Applicants researching the college's history should distinguish milestones for the organization as a whole from the opening and approval history of this particular campus.
The Fort Lauderdale campus focuses on a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), rather than a collection of separate academic schools or faculties. Its curriculum brings together general education, nursing theory, skills practice, and supervised clinical education.
For applicants, the important academic distinction is between admission to the college and progression through the nursing program. Clinical courses can have prerequisites, scheduling requirements, and health or background-clearance conditions that differ from those for classroom courses. Students comparing programs should request the current Fort Lauderdale catalog and course sequence, including the number of credits required and the rules for entering clinical rotations.
Arizona College of Nursing-Fort Lauderdale is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, within the South Florida metropolitan area. It is a nursing campus, not a traditional residential university campus.
Location matters particularly for clinical education: students may need to travel between the campus and assigned health care sites. Before committing to a schedule, a commuter should ask where clinical placements may occur, whether assignments can involve early mornings or evenings, and what transportation they will need. The regional setting offers access to many health care employers, but proximity to an employer does not establish that it provides placements or jobs for this campus.
Arizona College of Nursing states that its educational purpose is to prepare students for nursing careers through classroom learning and hands-on training. That is an institutional aim, not a guarantee of graduation, licensure, or employment.
The Fort Lauderdale program's practical emphasis makes licensure preparation and clinical readiness central considerations for applicants. The most useful way to assess how the stated mission is put into practice is to examine the current curriculum, clinical-placement policies, student support arrangements, and campus-specific nursing outcomes.
Name of the institution
Arizona College of Nursing-Fort LauderdaleLevel of institution
Four or more yearsControl of institution
PrivateSetting type
City: MidsizeInstitutional Category
Degree - granting, primarily baccalaureate or aboveInstitution size category
Under 1,000School type
Four-year collegeMain student body
CoeducationalCalendar system
OtherFoundation year
1991Arizona College of Nursing-Fort Lauderdale is institutionally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools, an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Accreditation confirms that the school meets quality standards and is required for students to receive federal financial aid.
Bachelor's degreeData last updated on November 2, 2026
Data sources: IPEDS 2024-25, Peterson 2026, College Scorecard 10/2026, Clery 2024 (2023-24), OpenAlex 2026
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