About
The Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing (PSON) is the private school of nursing of the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City. It was founded in 1902 as the Beth Israel School of Nursing. by the New York Board of Regents. From 2013 until 2022, it was named Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel and in 2023 it gained its current name.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 1 Title IV programs, 0 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 1 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing0 · 0.0%
- No Data1 · 100.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
New York State Board of Regents, and the Commissioner of Education
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 6
- Mar 2023Renewal of AccreditationNew York State Board of Regents, and the Commissioner of Education
- Jan 2022Renewal of AccreditationNew York State Board of Regents, and the Commissioner of Education
- Mar 2021Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
- Feb 2021Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: OtherAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
- Nov 2020Grant Substantive Change: OtherAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, students received in Pell grants, alongside $3.4M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 63 borrowers who entered repayment, 1 (1.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at PSON
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
PSON vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions PSON selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing | 100% | 66.7% | 311 | — | — |
Allen College | — | — | 483 | — | — |
Bellin College | 63% | 97.2% | 927 | $27,313 | — |
Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing | — | — | 591 | — | — |
Bryan College of Health Sciences | 63% | 67.4% | 765 | $25,884 | — |
Cleveland University-Kansas City | 100% | 69.2% | 588 | $33,243 | — |
Divine Mercy University | — | — | 463 | — | — |
Illinois College of Optometry | — | — | 474 | — | — |
Life Chiropractic College West | — | — | 618 | — | — |
Maryland University of Integrative Health | — | — | 544 | — | — |
Methodist College | 20% | 38.9% | 267 | $14,867 | — |
Michigan School of Psychology | — | — | 190 | — | — |
Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia Inc | — | — | 319 | — | — |
National University of Health Sciences | — | — | 511 | — | — |
National University of Natural Medicine | — | — | 414 | — | — |
New England College of Optometry | — | — | 515 | — | — |
New York College of Podiatric Medicine | — | — | 339 | — | — |
New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine | — | — | 172 | — | — |
Northeast College of Health Sciences | — | 94.3% | 564 | — | — |
Richmont Graduate University | — | — | 329 | — | — |
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | — | — | 605 | — | — |
Sentara College of Health Sciences | — | — | 312 | — | — |
Sherman College of Chiropractic | — | — | 387 | — | — |
Sonoran University of Health Sciences | — | — | 516 | — | — |
South Baylo University | — | — | 198 | — | — |
Southern College of Optometry | — | — | 530 | — | — |
Texas Chiropractic College Foundation Inc | — | — | 261 | — | — |
The Chicago School at Anaheim | — | — | 523 | — | — |
The Chicago School at Washington DC | — | — | 564 | — | — |
The Wright Institute | — | — | 518 | — | — |
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | 65% | 89.8% | 648 | $33,596 | — |
Virginia University of Integrative Medicine | — | — | 457 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 64% | 69.2% | 497 | $27,313 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Frequently asked questions about Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about PSON.
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