PA Nursing Schools & Degrees - Nurse Program Overviews
RSSThere are three educational options in Pennsylvania's colleges for an undergraduate nursing degree, meaning a degree that will qualify you for taking the Registered Nurse qualifying exam (the NCLEX). The best example of the variety of Pennsylvania's nursing degrees is Penn State, which operates the largest Pennsylvania nursing school, covering all options at one or more of its twenty campuses.
You can earn an associate's nursing degree in Pennsylvania at Penn State and at most of the state's community colleges. Most of the four year colleges and universities don't offer this option. However earning a Pennsylvania RN to BSN degree is an option at most schools with nursing programs, which include University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Drexel, and the University of Phoenix at its six campuses, York College, and several others.
As in most states, Pennsylvania's bachelor of nursing programs are becoming the degree of choice. Schools that offer this option include all of the above plus Eastern University, Temple, LaSalle, and Thomas Jefferson. Several of these schools including Penn State are accredited by the state to offer an accelerated degree in nursing for people who have already completed a bachelor's in another discipline.
Most of these schools also have masters' in nursing programs for Pennsylvania nurses who want to move into management. Pennsylvania's doctoral degrees in nursing are offered at Villanova, Duquesne, Pitt, and most of the state's well known universities mentioned here.
