Chamberlain University

Key Highlights

• Operating Jacksonville branch licensed by Florida’s Commission for Independent Education
• Jacksonville BSN holds full Florida Board of Nursing approval
• Chamberlain University is institutionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission
• Institutional roots date to the School for Deaconesses established in 1889

Student Life & Environment

Student life at Jacksonville is shaped by the demands of a commuter nursing program. The campus handbook identifies a student commons with wireless internet, charging access and space for studying, resting or meeting classmates. Students also use classrooms, skills and simulation facilities, academic-support services and library resources. A campus visit can include the SIMCARE Center, classrooms and student spaces, while information sessions address clinical experiences, curriculum, financing and enrollment. The environment is more professionally focused than that of a residential liberal-arts campus. Time on campus may include classes, laboratory practice, simulation, academic advising, clinical preparation and student activities. Students must display university identification on campus and for classes, laboratories, clinicals, activities and resource checkout. The handbook also lists campus-based clinical coordination, compliance assistance and simulation support, which are particularly relevant as students move into hands-on portions of the program. Chamberlain does not document university-operated housing at the Jacksonville campus in the current campus materials reviewed. Its safety disclosure refers to students living in off-campus housing and advises them to assess arrangements with individual landlords. Prospective students should therefore budget independently for rent, utilities and transportation. Because clinical education may occur away from the classroom campus, they should also ask how placement schedules and travel demands fit with employment or caregiving responsibilities.

Location & Surroundings

The Jacksonville campus is located at 5200 Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jacksonville, Florida 32256. The handbook map places it near Belfort Road, Salisbury Road and Interstate 95, making road access a practical feature for students commuting from different parts of the metropolitan area. Student and visitor parking is available on campus, and the handbook lists student parking as complimentary. This is a professional campus setting rather than a self-contained residential college district. Students should plan their housing, meals and daily transportation around the Jacksonville market. The proximity of Interstate 95 may simplify regional commuting, but actual travel time will depend on a student’s home and clinical assignment. Clinical education is not necessarily confined to the Belfort Road building, so applicants should ask where Jacksonville students are currently placed and whether a car is functionally necessary. The handbook identifies Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside Hospital on Belfort Road as a nearby medical facility. That listing provides useful geographic context but should not be interpreted as a promised clinical-placement site or employment partner.

Costs & Career Outcomes

For the campus-based Jacksonville BSN, Chamberlain’s schedule effective July 2026 lists tuition of $735 per credit. It also lists a $235 student-services charge per session, a $15 campus student-activity fee per session, a one-time $350 NCLEX preparation fee, and estimated books, course materials, supplies and equipment of $150 per session. Background checking, drug screening and fingerprinting are listed at $200 for the campus-based BSN. Health screening and immunizations are estimated at $500 to $1,400, while other clinical expenses vary. Required student health insurance is listed separately, with an exemption process for students who document qualifying coverage. These figures supersede the database’s $17,280 annual tuition figure for profile purposes but do not replace that fixed database field. Chamberlain calculates charges by session and warns that costs can change. The university provides a net-price calculator and states that financial aid is available to eligible applicants. Students should compare an individualized aid offer with tuition, fees, living expenses, transportation and possible clinical-site travel rather than relying on tuition alone. The program is designed to prepare graduates for the nursing-licensure pathway, including NCLEX preparation, but neither graduation nor program approval guarantees licensure or employment. Career planning should include confirming Florida Board of Nursing requirements, reviewing disclosures for any state where the student may later seek licensure, and asking the university for current Jacksonville-specific completion, licensure-exam and employment disclosures. No salary or employer-placement claim is made here because a current campus-specific source was not verified.