
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing is a New York City nursing school whose history reaches back to Beth Israel Hospital's nursing education programs in the early twentieth century. It later operated as Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel before adopting its current Mount Sinai name.
That history helps explain its specialized identity: the school developed around nursing education and clinical practice rather than a broad liberal-arts curriculum. Applicants reviewing older catalogs or graduate records may encounter earlier school names; they should use the name and program listed on the current application when requesting transcripts or comparing credentials.
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing is organized around nursing education, not a collection of separate undergraduate colleges. Its academic offerings center on preparation for registered nursing and on further education for nurses who already hold a license.
Program choice matters more here than choosing among unrelated majors. An applicant seeking an initial nursing license needs to distinguish a prelicensure bachelor's pathway from an RN-to-BSN pathway intended for licensed nurses. Published program descriptions and catalogs should also be checked for current graduate-level options, clinical requirements, prerequisites, and whether a particular pathway is accepting applications. Clinical instructors and part-time faculty play a substantial role in teaching: institutional figures list 12 full-time and 47 part-time faculty members, although those counts alone do not describe who teaches a particular course.
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing is in New York City, New York. Its urban setting makes commuting and travel to clinical assignments important practical considerations.
Students should confirm the address of their classes and the locations of assigned clinical sites before choosing a commute or apartment. A trip to a hospital placement may differ considerably from a trip to the school's instructional site, and nursing schedules can include early or otherwise inconvenient hours. Subway, bus, and regional rail connections offer alternatives to driving, but applicants should evaluate travel time for the actual program schedule rather than the school's address alone.
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing's educational purpose is to prepare nurses for professional practice through classroom learning and clinical education. Its stated emphasis belongs to a healthcare setting rather than to a general-purpose college curriculum.
For prospective students, the useful question is how that purpose appears in a particular program: its approach to patient-centered care, evidence-informed practice, clinical judgment, and service to diverse communities. A mission statement describes institutional goals; it does not, by itself, establish the quality of an individual placement or guarantee a licensing or employment outcome.
Name of the institution
Mount Sinai Phillips School of NursingLevel of institution
Four or more yearsControl of institution
PrivateSetting type
City: LargeInstitutional Category
Degree - granting, primarily baccalaureate or aboveInstitution size category
Under 1,000School type
Four-year collegeMain student body
CoeducationalCalendar system
SemestersFoundation year
1904Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing is institutionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 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
Figures on this profile come from federal and third-party datasets in the editions listed above and are refreshed periodically, so they may differ from what the institution currently reports. Confirm costs, deadlines and requirements with the school before making decisions.