University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Public school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 20,370 undergraduates. School website

94.1%
first-time NCLEX-RN pass rate, BSN, last 3 years pooled
$29,362
average net price a year, after grants and scholarships
$78,478
median pay of BSN graduates one year after finishing

How it compares

  • Over its last 3 reporting years, University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus's BSN graduates passed the NCLEX-RN on their first try 94.1% of the time (852 test-takers), 2.9 points above the Pennsylvania BSN average of 91.2%.
  • That puts it 20th of 40 ranked BSN programs in Pennsylvania on first-time pass rate.
  • Its average net price of $29,362 a year is $3,843 above the $25,519 median of the 39 ranked programs with a published price.
  • Its first-time pass rate fell 0.8 points between FY2023 and FY2025.

NCLEX pass rate by year

Bachelor's (BSN), first-time NCLEX-RN
  • FY2023 319 first-time takers93.1%
  • FY2024 249 first-time takers97.6%
  • FY2025 284 first-time takers92.3%

Pennsylvania BSN average, latest year: 91.2%

Source: Pennsylvania board of nursing, fiscal (Oct-Sep). Listed by the board as University of Pittsburgh BSN.

Nursing programs at University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

Nursing programs at University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
ProgramGraduates in 2023–24Median loan debtPay 1 year outAccredited byOnline option
Bachelor's (BSN)249$23,298$78,478CCNEYes
Master's (MSN)4––CCNENo

Graduates are IPEDS completions for 2023–24 and include RN-to-BSN completers. Debt is the median federal loan balance of graduates who borrowed; pay is the median earnings of graduates working one year out (2024 dollars). Both from the College Scorecard. A dash means the figure is not published. “Partly” means some, but not all, of the school's programs at this level can be completed fully online, such as an RN-to-BSN track.

About these figures

86% of first-time, full-time students at University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus finish within 150% of normal time (whole school, not nursing alone). Pass rates, cost and pay come from public sources listed on data sources and are combined by the method on how we rank programs. We do not accept payment to change a school's listing.

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