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Nursing Schools in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania contains 113 schools that offer nursing programs. University of Pennsylvania, the highest-ranking nursing school in PA, has a total student population of 24,599 and is the 5th highest ranked school in America.

Of the 113 nursing schools in Pennsylvania, only 10 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Center for Arts and Technology-Brandywine Campus comes out as the most expensive ($40,176/yr), with York County School of Technology Practical Nursing as the lowest recorded at only $6,222/yr.

Nursing students from Pennsylvania schools who go on to become nurses, registered nurses, practical nurses, pediatric nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,583,770 people working as registered nurses alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $66,530. Also, Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses make on average $40,900 per year and there are about 728,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Pennsylvania alone, there are 37,700 employed licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earning an average yearly salary of $41,300. Registered nurses in this state earn $63,600/yr and there are 129,810 employed.

Also, within the nursing schools in Pennsylvania, the average student population is 2,077 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from nursing, there are 10679 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,747 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $9,718, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.

Nursing Programs in Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Critical Care Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Temple University

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Drexel University

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

Duquesne University

• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters
• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters, PhD
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, PhD
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters

Frankford Hospital School of Nursing

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Marywood University

• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

York College Pennsylvania

• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Eastern University

• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

Wilkes University

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Mercyhurst College

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Philadelphia University

• Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Cedar Crest College

• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Clarion University of Pennsylvania

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates, Bachelors, Masters

Robert Morris University

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Immaculata University

• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Lock Haven University

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Associates

University of Pittsburgh-Bradford

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

Alvernia College

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

La Roche College

• Nursing, Other
  
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters

Mount Aloysius College

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

• Nursing, Other
  
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters, PhD

Neumann College

• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Keystone College

• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Pre-Nursing Studies
  

  Levels offered: Associates

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Masters, PhD
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Villanova University

• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters
• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters, PhD
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Masters

Antonelli Medical and Professional Institute

• Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Ohio Valley Hospital School of Nursing

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

York County School of Technology Practical Nursing

• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Shadyside School of Nursing

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

University of Scranton

• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology

• Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

Great Lakes Institute of Technology

• Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
  

Messiah College

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Altoona Area Vocational Technical School

• Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

La Salle University

• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Nursing, Other
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

The Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
  

  Levels offered: Certificate

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Pennsylvania Interesting Facts

• Pennsylvania is the first state of the fifty United States to list their web site URL on a license plate.
• In 1909 the first baseball stadium was built in Pittsburgh.
• Hershey is considered the Chocolate Capital of the United States.
• In 1913 the first automobile service station opened in Pittsburgh.
• In 1946 Philadelphia became home to the first computer.

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