Nightingale Education Group Earns Eight 2026 Culture Excellence & Industry Awards from Top Workplaces
National collaborator-driven recognition affirms a culture built on purpose, pathway and people.
Salt Lake City, July 6, 2026—Nightingale Education Group today announced it has been named a 2026 Culture Excellence & Industry Award winner by TopWorkplaces.com, and an Employee Appreciation winner in partnership with Bucketlist, a leading employee rewards and recognition platform. The organization earned recognitions across eight distinct categories, reflecting a workplace culture defined by its collaborators.
Nightingale Education Group was honored in the following categories:
- Innovation recognizes a culture where new ideas are encouraged, which helps collaborators to reach their full potential and benefits performance.
- Work-Life Flexibility recognizes a culture that enables collaborators to meet the demands of their personal lives while maintaining a high performance.
- Compensation & Benefits celebrates organizations that provide benefit packages their collaborators believe are fair for the work that is being done compared to others in the industry.
- Leadership celebrates organizations whose leaders inspire confidence in their collaborators and in the direction of the company.
- Purpose & Values celebrates organizations that have successfully communicated the company mission and integrated them into the culture.
- Professional Development for placing a special focus on developing their collaborators' careers and enabling their people to grow professionally (awarded second year in a row).
- Employee Well-being for putting health and wellness at the center of their workplace culture (awarded second year in a row).
- Appreciation in partnership with Bucketlist for organizations believing in the self-sustaining performance and positivity boost that results from genuine collaborator appreciation.
"Together, these awards reflect Nightingale's commitment to building a workplace and a workforce that is relevantly skilled, readily available and representative of the communities it serves," said Mikhail Shneyder, founder and CEO of Nightingale Education Group. “This recognition belongs to each collaborator who makes that real every day.”
These awards come directly from the voices of Nightingale's own collaborators. When asked why they love their jobs in correlation with these awards, they said:
- "How we work matters as much as what outcomes we achieve. This is such a special place to work, and the work we are doing is changing the world!"—Mission Support
- "I am able to work with amazing people and help people achieve their dream of becoming a nurse!"—Learner Support Services
- "I am afforded the opportunity for a true work-life balance. I can be heard and seen if needed by my peers and leadership. I have the opportunity to provide education to our underserved populations."—Nursing Faculty
- "Helping to raise up the next generation of nurses. I love my job."—Nursing Faculty
Culture Excellence & Industry Awards are determined solely through employee feedback captured via the Energage Workplace Survey. To qualify, organizations must achieve a 35% or higher survey response rate, making the recognition a direct reflection of how collaborators experience their workplace every day.
About Nightingale Education Group
Nightingale Education Group contributes to closing health equity gaps by elevating education and employment systems to create a relevantly skilled, readily available nursing workforce representative of the communities they serve. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Nightingale Education Group includes several operating divisions: Nightingale College, offering accredited nursing programs at PN licensure, LPN to ASN (limited states), baccalaureate, and master's levels, as well as Nightingale Innovations. To learn more, visit nightingaleeducationgroup.com.