Shanta Nursing Institute vs Daudnagar College

The clearest structural difference here is what kind of institution each one is. Daudnagar College has operated since 1970 as a general degree college — offering Arts, Science, and Commerce degrees — and its nursing programmes run alongside that broader academic offering, affiliated to Magadh University for its general courses. Shanta Nursing Institute, by contrast, is a dedicated ANM nursing institute with no other degree programmes — nursing training is the entire focus of the campus, not one department within a larger college.

Neither structure is automatically better. A long-established, NAAC-accredited college brings institutional history and a broader campus environment; a dedicated nursing institute brings a campus and faculty entirely focused on one thing. Some students prefer the wider college atmosphere and additional facilities that come with an established multi-programme institution; others prefer an environment where every resource — skill labs, faculty time, clinical posting coordination — is dedicated solely to nursing training. It's worth being honest with yourself about which environment you'd actually learn better in.

On course range, Daudnagar College's nursing offering is notably broader — ANM, GNM, B.Sc. Nursing, and M.Sc. Nursing are all listed as INC-approved courses there, which means a student could in principle progress through multiple nursing qualifications at the same institution over the years. Shanta Nursing Institute offers ANM only. If your plan is to eventually pursue GNM or a nursing degree at the same campus without transferring elsewhere, that's a genuine point in Daudnagar College's favour worth weighing seriously.

On regulatory standing specific to nursing: Shanta Nursing Institute's ANM programme is INC-approved, BNRC-registered, and affiliated to Bihar University of Health Sciences (BUHS), Patna — the standard three-part check we'd recommend for any ANM programme. Daudnagar College's nursing programmes are described as INC-approved in public listings, and the college's broader affiliation is to Magadh University; whether that university affiliation applies to the nursing programmes specifically, or whether nursing programmes there are separately affiliated (commonly to BUHS, as is standard for nursing diplomas in Bihar), is worth confirming directly with the college, since public listings weren't fully specific on this point for the nursing courses.

Fee structures for both are not something we could verify with confidence from public sources, so — as with any comparison on this site — we'd recommend requesting a full, itemised breakdown from each institute directly rather than relying on either one's general marketing or a third-party listing site.

For a student choosing between the two, the practical questions worth asking are: do you want a campus focused solely on nursing training, or a broader college environment with nursing as one of several programmes; do you want the option to pursue GNM or a nursing degree at the same institution later; and does the specific ANM training structure — field postings, skill-lab time, cohort size — meet what you're looking for at either one. Both are legitimate questions to bring directly to each institute.

The facts above about the other institute are drawn from its own public listings and website as of 2026. We haven't independently verified every detail — please confirm current information directly with them before making a decision.