according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.Figures for the current 2021-22 school year won't be available until January, but administrators say they have continued to see a spike in interest.RELATED: ICU nurse helps young COVID-19 widowed dad fill newborn’s nursery with donationsThe University of Michigan nursing school reported getting about 1,800 applications for 150 freshman slots this fall, compared with about 1,200 in 2019.Marie Nolan, executive vice dean of the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore, said it has seen its biggest number of applicants ever, many of them applying even before a vaccine was available, despite her worries that COVID-19 would scare off students.Students at those and other.