RN to BSN Programs

Pennsylvania

Best RN to BSN Programs in Pennsylvania, Ranked (2026)

Pennsylvania Pays the National Rate for Nursing. The Degree Costs Anything from $7,716 to $51,569.

One side of this decision is close to settled before you start. The median Pennsylvania RN earns $96,430 against $97,550 nationally — $1,120 apart, 20th of 51 states. That is as close to the national rate as a state gets. The other side has a factor of 7 in it, which is why this page spends most of its time on price.

Pennsylvania runs this degree mainly through private colleges. 10 of the 14 ranked programs are private nonprofits and 4 are public, and the sector split is most of the price spread. 2 of the public programs publish the identical $7,716 in-state and hold the top two places on this list; the public side tops out at $15,450 at Pennsylvania College of Technology. The private side starts at $23,000 at York College of Pennsylvania and finishes at $51,569 at Moravian University.

What makes Pennsylvania different from a state with two prices and nothing in between is that the private ladder has no gaps in it. Sorted, no two neighbouring private programs are more than $5,410 apart in annual tuition, all the way from $23,000 to $51,569. You are shopping along a curve rather than choosing between two markets, and every step up it has to be justified by something other than the credential, which reads the same on a license verification whichever one you finish.

Volume is where the sector split becomes obvious. The 10 private programs confer 1,120 of the 1,397 nursing bachelor's degrees these institutions award in a year — 80% of them. Holy Family University is the single largest at 343 a year, at $34,080 in state. Most nurses finishing a BSN in this state are paying somewhere near $30,508 to do it, not $7,716.

Two numbers on the list need reading rather than ranking. Marywood University and Moravian University report the highest institutional graduation rate here, 72%, and they place 10th and 14th because cost carries 55% of the score. At the other end, Pennsylvania State University-World Campus reports 34% and still ranks 6th on a $15,356 price. Before you read either as a verdict: IPEDS measures graduation for first-time, full-time, degree-seeking undergraduates, and an RN-to-BSN student is none of those three. It is a signal about the institution's undergraduate body, not a measurement of the completion cohort, which is why it is weighted below cost.

Delivery is the thing to settle before you shortlist, and it is the thing the federal file cannot tell you. 13 of the 14 publish delivery details on their own page: 7 say the track is fully online, 2 — Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson University — say the coursework is asynchronous, and York College of Pennsylvania publishes a fastest completion figure. The other 1 has said nothing either way, which is silence rather than a campus requirement. For a nurse working three twelves the question that decides it is whether anything meets at a fixed hour, and 2 of the 14 have answered it in writing.

The 14 RN to BSN Programs in Pennsylvania, Ranked

Scored on in-state tuition (55%) and institutional graduation rate (45%). How we rank.

  1. 1st in Pennsylvania

    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    Slippery Rock, PA · Public Online $7,716 annual in-state tuition 66% institutional graduation rate 25 degrees a year 76.2 score
    The three-credit nursing elective can be met with graduate-numbered courses, including NURS 511 Advanced Healthcare Informatics, NURS 514 Bioterrorism and Disaster Management: The Nurse's Role, and NURS 516 Nursing for Palliative and End-of-Life Issues.

    Slippery Rock University's RN-BSN is a CCNE-accredited online degree completion program for nurses who already hold RN licensure. Admission takes three things: completion of a pre-licensure nursing program, meaning an RN diploma or associate degree; an active unrestricted Registered Nurse license; and a 2.0 GPA in previous academic work. The major itself is 30 credits, sitting inside the 120 credits SRU requires for any undergraduate degree, alongside 42 credits of Rock Studies 2 requirements and 48 credits of electives. Both major GPA and overall GPA must stay at 2.0 or higher, and every nursing course in the major must be passed with a C or better.

    The 30 credits split into 21 credits of required nursing courses, 3 credits of nursing electives, and 6 credits of supportive coursework. The supportive requirement pairs an ethics course, either PHIL 325 Medical/Health Care Ethics or HCAM 375 Ethics & Legal Fundamentals for the Health Professions, with a statistics course, either INDP 317 Statistics for the Social Sciences or STAT 152 Elementary Statistics. Required nursing courses run from NURS 311 Introduction to Health Care Informatics and NURS 331 Evidence-Based Health Assessment & Promotion through NURS 422 Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice, NURS 426 Community and Public Health Nursing, and NURS 434 Leadership and Management in Nursing with Practice Experience. The elective menu is wide, with sixteen options spanning teaching and learning, health policy, case management, financial management and transcultural awareness. SRU states the program meets the requirements for certification in Pennsylvania and advises applicants elsewhere to check their own state licensing board.

    • 30-credit major
    • Online degree completion
    • Active unrestricted RN license required
    • 2.0 GPA minimum
    • CCNE accredited
    Nursing accreditation on file: CCNE. DAPIP, . Learn more about Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  2. 2nd in Pennsylvania

    Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

    Bloomsburg, PA · Public Fully online $7,716 annual in-state tuition 54% institutional graduation rate 192 degrees a year 70.4 score
    Clinical work is confined to a single course, Population Health (NURS 447), for which students find their own preceptor and set the hours on a schedule the two of them agree to.

    Commonwealth University's RN-BSN is a completion program for nurses who already hold a license. Applicants must have completed an associate degree or diploma program in nursing and must hold a current unencumbered nursing license; applying means submitting the online application, official transcripts from every college attended, and proof of current RN licensure. Coursework is delivered exclusively online through the university's learning platform. Graduation requires 120 credits in total, covering required nursing courses along with general education and electives where needed, and 30 of the last 60 credits must be earned at Commonwealth University. Nurses already in the university's own ASN program can get a head start: those with a 3.0 GPA and academic advisor approval may take non-clinical BSN courses concurrently.

    Clinical work sits in one course. Population Health (NURS 447) includes external clinical hours, and students identify a preceptor themselves and complete the hours on a schedule that works for both parties. Many students finish in as little as two semesters, depending on transfer credits and enrollment pace, and the program accepts applications for both the fall and spring semesters. The baccalaureate degree is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education; separately, the legacy RN-BSN curriculum formerly at Lock Haven University is accredited by ACEN through Spring 2030 and is on teach-out through Spring 2027. Nurses living outside Pennsylvania can enroll, as the university participates in NC-SARA through the Pennsylvania Department of Education. For students whose employers reimburse tuition, an Employer Tuition Assistance Deferment option lets them pay 25% of tuition and fees upfront plus a payment plan enrollment fee and defer the remaining 75% until 45 days after the semester ends.

    • 100% online
    • 120 credits to graduate
    • Unencumbered RN license required
    • Finish in as few as two semesters
    • CCNE accredited
    Nursing accreditation on file: CCNE. DAPIP, . Learn more about Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  3. 3rd in Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania College of Technology

    Williamsport, PA · Public Fully online $15,450 annual in-state tuition 53% institutional graduation rate 40 degrees a year 61.5 score
    Nurses who are still enrolled in an accredited associate-degree nursing program at another institution may qualify for concurrent enrollment here rather than waiting until they graduate and are licensed.

    Penn College's RN to B.S.N. completion degree runs 100% online, with classes delivered asynchronously through P.L.A.T.O., the college's own teaching platform, and no required campus visits. Coursework can be taken full time or part time and is taught by master's- and doctoral-prepared nurses. To be admitted, a registered nurse must be a graduate of an accredited associate-degree or diploma nursing program and submit to the Admissions office a copy of a current, active, unencumbered RN license from any state, with eligibility for licensure in Pennsylvania. Nurses partway through an accredited associate-degree program elsewhere may instead be eligible for concurrent enrollment, which carries requirements beyond College admission. The baccalaureate nursing program is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, and the most recent ACEN Board of Commissioners decision was continuing accreditation.

    Everyone entering the major is treated as a transfer student, including graduates of Penn College's own associate degree. A block of 38 nursing credits transfers in from an accredited associate-degree or diploma curriculum, and at least 36 credits must be completed at Penn College in the coursework prescribed for the final four semesters, including required summer courses. Transferred courses need a grade of C (2.0) or better, and international health credentials, science courses and most math courses will not satisfy requirements of the major. Students in the major hold a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or greater and earn at least a C in every NUR, BIO and CHM course, where a C means 75 to 79.99 with no rounding of grades. Online students pay the in-state tuition rate regardless of residency, and current or prospective employees of partner organizations may be eligible for a tuition discount toward credits in select nursing programs.

    • 100% online, no campus visits
    • Asynchronous classes via P.L.A.T.O.
    • Active, unencumbered RN license required
    • 38 nursing credits transfer as a block
    • ACEN-accredited
    Nursing accreditation on file: ACEN. DAPIP, . Learn more about Pennsylvania College of Technology's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  4. 4th in Pennsylvania

    York College of Pennsylvania

    York, PA · Private nonprofit Online $23,000 annual in-state tuition 64% institutional graduation rate 150 degrees a year 58.6 score
    York grants a 100% general education block transfer to students holding an associate degree in nursing — an average of around 70 to 72 credits for most students — with up to 90 transfer credits possible once nursing and support coursework is counted.

    York College of Pennsylvania's RN to BSN is an online completion program for nurses who already hold RN licensure. The course curriculum can be finished in as little as 12 months, and students pick from six start dates spread across the year rather than waiting on a single annual entry; the page lists upcoming starts of September 1, 2025, October 27, 2025 and January 19, 2026, each with its own application deadline roughly two weeks earlier. York advertises tuition rates as low as $10,410 for partners.

    Admission works by direct articulation: registered nurses who graduated from an accredited program and meet program requirements are eligible. Students holding an associate degree (A.S. or A.D.N.) receive a 100% general education block transfer, which the college puts at an average of around 70 to 72 credits for most students though not all, and may be granted up to 90 transfer credits once nursing and support coursework is counted. Nurses who already completed a baccalaureate degree in another major are required to complete only the nursing and support courses. The coursework itself covers health assessment, transitional concepts, research concepts, leadership and community health for registered nurses, plus complementary and alternative therapies, comparative health care, stress management, bioethics and the social aspects of aging. The baccalaureate nursing program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

    • CCNE-accredited
    • Online delivery
    • As little as 12 months
    • Six start dates per year
    • Up to 90 transfer credits
    Nursing accreditation on file: CCNE. DAPIP, . Learn more about York College of Pennsylvania's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  5. 5th in Pennsylvania

    Waynesburg University

    Waynesburg, PA · Private nonprofit Fully online $28,960 annual in-state tuition 66% institutional graduation rate 56 degrees a year 53.1 score
    Waynesburg holds articulation agreements with five named Pennsylvania associate-degree and diploma nursing schools whose graduates are automatically admissible and may transfer up to 91 credits toward the BSN.

    Waynesburg University's RN to BSN is a 33-39 credit completion program delivered 100% online at $400 per credit. Students choose a full-time or part-time schedule, and full-time students finish in 12 to 16 months. The credit load is low because the program is built around transfer: an incoming student brings 85 credits from an associate degree or diploma credential together with a current RN license, and prior coursework in Statistics and Ethics can transfer an additional six credits.

    Graduates of Butler County Community College, the Community College of Allegheny County, the Community College of Beaver County, Westmoreland County Community College, and the UPMC Schools of Nursing (Mercy, Shadyside, and St. Margaret) are covered by articulation agreements: they are automatically admissible once they meet the University's admission requirements and hold RN licensure, and they may transfer up to 91 credits. Nurses who already hold a bachelor's degree in another field can instead pursue the BSN as a second degree, a 27-33 credit online route with the same 12-to-16-month timeline. The baccalaureate program is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, and Waynesburg participates in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements.

    • 100% online
    • 33-39 credits
    • 12-16 months full-time
    • $400 per credit
    • CCNE-accredited
    Nursing accreditation on file: CCNE. DAPIP, . Learn more about Waynesburg University's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  6. 6th in Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania State University-World Campus

    University Park, PA · Public Online $15,356 annual in-state tuition 34% institutional graduation rate 20 degrees a year 52.4 score
    Penn State World Campus lets RNs seek up to 33 credits through portfolio review, with online coursework and clinical requirements completed near home.

    Penn State World Campus allows RNs to seek up to 33 credits through portfolio review. These credits contribute to a 120-credit degree that includes general education and prior learning; the portfolio award is subject to review rather than automatic recognition of every nurse's experience.

    Coursework is online, with some nursing courses offered in seven-week sessions. Clinical requirements can be completed near the student's home. Transfer students must earn 36 of their final 60 credits through Penn State, a residency rule separate from the portfolio-credit maximum. A useful degree plan needs to satisfy both the remaining subject requirements and that final-credit distribution.

    • Online coursework
    • Some seven-week nursing courses
    • Up to 33 credits through portfolio review
    • Clinical requirements near home
    • 120-credit degree including prior learning
    Nursing accreditation on file: CCNE. DAPIP, . Learn more about Pennsylvania State University-World Campus's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  7. 7th in Pennsylvania

    Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster

    Lancaster, PA · Private nonprofit Fully online $32,055 annual in-state tuition 69% institutional graduation rate 127 degrees a year 51.2 score
    Saint Joseph's pairs mostly seven-week online classes with a 30-hour service-learning project at a community agency the student chooses.

    Saint Joseph's Lancaster RN-to-BSN pathway is for licensed RNs with an associate nursing degree. Students may transfer up to 75 credits. The planned schedule is 24 months, with timing dependent on previous coursework and the student's goals. Classes are online, and most run in seven-week blocks.

    A 30-hour service-learning project takes place at a community agency chosen by the student. This gives the applied component a community-service focus and a defined time commitment. It is separate from the online classes, so selecting an agency and planning the project belong in the schedule alongside the remaining academic courses.

    • 100% online classes
    • Most classes run seven weeks
    • Up to 75 transfer credits
    • Planned 24-month schedule
    • 30-hour community service-learning project
    Nursing accreditation on file: CCNE. DAPIP, . Learn more about Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  8. 8th in Pennsylvania

    Wilson College

    Chambersburg, PA · Private nonprofit Fully online $25,950 annual in-state tuition 48% institutional graduation rate 33 degrees a year 47.7 score
    Wilson awards 34 credits for a valid nursing license and accepts up to 38 more from earlier coursework, leaving at least 48 credits to complete through Wilson.

    Wilson's transfer structure distinguishes nursing-license credit from earlier coursework. A valid RN license earns 34 credits, and up to 38 additional credits may transfer. Students complete at least 48 credits through Wilson. The published minimum completion time is 18 months, with an individual transcript review determining the remaining requirements.

    Coursework is fully online and asynchronous, with no set class times, and the program states that no clinicals are required. Admission normally calls for at least a 2.5 GPA; lower GPAs may receive individual review. The combination of a substantial Wilson residency requirement and no clinical requirement is more informative for planning than the transfer maximum alone.

    • Fully online, asynchronous coursework
    • 34 credits for a valid nursing license
    • Up to 38 additional transfer credits
    • At least 48 credits completed at Wilson
    • As few as 18 months
    Nursing accreditation on file: CNEA. DAPIP, . Learn more about Wilson College's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  9. 9th in Pennsylvania

    Holy Family University

    Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit Online $34,080 annual in-state tuition 61% institutional graduation rate 343 degrees a year 45.1 score
    Holy Family's RN-to-BSN runs in eight-week online courses and recognizes RN licensure for 51 credits toward its 123-credit degree.

    Holy Family teaches its RN-to-BSN in eight-week online courses. The 123-credit degree includes recognition of 51 nursing credits for eligible RN licensure and prior preparation, subject to individual evaluation and matriculation. That award sits alongside the remaining core and nursing concentration requirements.

    The concentration includes family assessment, global health, research, leadership, contemporary healthcare delivery, quality and patient safety, and aggregate-based care. A clinical competence practicum and an interdisciplinary capstone add applied and cross-disciplinary work. The program builds on existing RN experience while extending it into family and population assessment, care systems and professional leadership.

    • Eight-week online courses
    • 51 credits for RN licensure
    • 123 total degree credits
    • Leadership and management coursework
    • Individual and family assessment
    Nursing accreditation on file: CCNE. DAPIP, . Learn more about Holy Family University's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  10. 10th in Pennsylvania

    Marywood University

    Scranton, PA · Private nonprofit $39,490 annual in-state tuition 72% institutional graduation rate 25 degrees a year 44.6 score
    Marywood's RN-to-BSN offers a completion path of as few as three semesters for licensed nurses continuing their education while working.

    Marywood's RN-to-BSN is designed for licensed nurses continuing their education while working, with a completion path as short as three semesters. The degree requires 120 total credits. Its RN curriculum includes health assessment with a lab, research and evidence-based practice, population-focused care and a senior practicum.

    The university identifies two ways to recognize earlier preparation: advanced standing for eligible nursing coursework and challenge examinations in designated supporting sciences. These are separate processes, not automatic waivers of every course. The program also emphasizes faculty support and clinical experience within the local healthcare community. An individual evaluation determines how prior study fits the bachelor's requirements.

    • As few as three semesters
    • 120-credit bachelor's degree
    • Designed for licensed RNs
    • Leadership and patient-care focus
    Nursing accreditation on file: CCNE. DAPIP, . Learn more about Marywood University's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  11. 11th in Pennsylvania

    Thomas Jefferson University

    Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit Fully online, asynchronous $46,175 annual in-state tuition 69% institutional graduation rate 232 degrees a year 35.9 score
    Jefferson organizes its RN-to-BSN around 30 upper-division credits in eight-week sessions, with asynchronous coursework and credit awarded for an RN license.

    Jefferson's RN-to-BSN combines 30 upper-division credits with 30 professional-credential credits for an RN license and 60 prerequisite/general education credits. The online classes are asynchronous, with no set login times, and use eight-week sessions. Fall, spring and summer entry points support different starting schedules.

    The upper-division curriculum reaches across disciplines: health informatics, research methods, public health and epidemiology, biostatistics, determinants of health, and systems-based preparedness sit alongside nursing transition and assessment. The capstone project includes a 45-hour practicum with a leadership or community focus. Those practice hours remain distinct from the asynchronous classes. Jefferson does not accept AP or CLEP credit for science prerequisites.

    • Fully online, asynchronous classes
    • No scheduled login times
    • Eight-week courses
    • 30 upper-division credits
    • 45-hour leadership or community practicum
    Nursing accreditation on file: CCNE. DAPIP, . Learn more about Thomas Jefferson University's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  12. 12th in Pennsylvania

    Chatham University

    Pittsburgh, PA · Private nonprofit Online $43,518 annual in-state tuition 63% institutional graduation rate 17 degrees a year 35.8 score
    Chatham accepts up to 90 transfer credits into its online RN-to-BSN and provides separate full-time and part-time schedules, with most courses lasting 7.5 weeks.

    Chatham's standard RN-to-BSN plan accepts up to 90 transfer credits and requires at least 30 credits at Chatham, including a 26-credit nursing core, within a 120-credit degree. Nurses who already hold a bachelor's degree may transfer 94 credits after transcript review, a separate provision from the standard transfer allowance.

    The program is online without a campus-residency requirement. Most courses last 7.5 weeks, and the university publishes full-time and part-time sample schedules. Here, 'no residency' refers to attending campus, not an exemption from earning the required credits through Chatham. Distinguishing those two uses of residency makes the transfer and delivery requirements easier to compare.

    • Online program without campus residency
    • Most courses last 7.5 weeks
    • Up to 90 transfer credits
    • 26-credit nursing core
    • Full-time and part-time sample schedules
    Nursing accreditation on file: CCNE. DAPIP, . Learn more about Chatham University's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  13. 13th in Pennsylvania

    Cedar Crest College

    Allentown, PA · Private nonprofit Online option $45,664 annual in-state tuition 60% institutional graduation rate 67 degrees a year 32.1 score
    Cedar Crest grants eligible RNs 36 nursing credits after NUR 326 and offers a mostly online path alongside evening and weekend study options.

    Cedar Crest admits licensed RNs from accredited programs without testing when their prior GPA is at least 2.5. Eligible students may receive 36 nursing credits after completing NUR 326, Concepts of Professional Nursing. Prior non-nursing coursework can also be evaluated for academic credit.

    The RN-to-BSN can be completed mostly online or through evening and weekend study. Its required sequence includes assessment, evidence-based practice, professional nursing concepts, population-focused health and a five-credit leadership capstone. The assessment lab and population-health course have online or face-to-face format options. These choices make the selected course schedule more specific than a single fully-online label.

    • Mostly online or evening/weekend study
    • 36 nursing credits after NUR 326
    • 2.5 GPA minimum
    • Direct entry without admission testing
    • Leadership capstone
    Nursing accreditation on file: ACEN. DAPIP, . Learn more about Cedar Crest College's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)
  14. 14th in Pennsylvania

    Moravian University

    Bethlehem, PA · Private nonprofit Fully online $51,569 annual in-state tuition 72% institutional graduation rate 70 degrees a year 31.5 score
    Moravian's online RN-to-BSN builds a 120-credit degree from nursing coursework, general education, prior study and RN licensure, with a separate pathway for St. Luke's nursing students.

    Moravian's online RN-to-BSN offers rolling admission and starts every eight weeks. The curriculum emphasizes professional leadership, evidence-based practice and community health, with a telehealth clinical experience organized by the university. Clinical learning is therefore included even though the program is delivered online.

    The 120-credit bachelor's degree brings together nursing-major courses, general education, cognates, prior study, RN licensure and electives. Applicants submit an online application, official college transcripts and their RN license. A separate pathway serves St. Luke's School of Nursing students. For licensed RNs, the school-arranged telehealth component and frequent starts are useful details when comparing programs around an existing work schedule.

    • 100% online program
    • 120-credit degree including prior learning
    • RN licensure included in degree structure
    • School-arranged telehealth clinical experience
    • St. Luke's nursing-student pathway
    Nursing accreditation on file: CCNE. DAPIP, . Learn more about Moravian University's RN to BSN (opens the school's own site)

$7,716 to $51,569, and What Sits Between Them

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania charges $7,716 a year in state. Moravian University charges $51,569. That is 7 times the price, and the median across all 14 ranked programs is $30,508 — close to the middle of the range rather than hugging the floor, because 10 of 14 programs sit on the private side of it.

One Pennsylvania-specific thing worth checking before you rule anything out on residency: 11 of the 14 publish a single tuition figure and charge it to residents and non-residents alike. Only 3 price by residency at all, and the cheapest of those, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, posts $11,574 out of state — below the price of every private program on this page. If you are reading this from Ohio, New Jersey or upstate New York, the in-state column is not the whole picture.

These are annual published tuition figures from IPEDS, not the total price of the completion track. Most RN-to-BSN programs run 30 or so upper-level credits, so what you actually pay depends on how many of your ADN credits transfer and how many terms you spread them across. Ask each school for a total-to-degree figure and how it counts general education you already hold, because per-credit pricing is how this field hides the number — and on a ladder this smooth, a school two rungs up is only a few thousand dollars a year away until you find out it takes fewer of your credits.

What Pennsylvania RNs Earn: A High Floor and a Low Ceiling

BLS reports a median of $96,430 for Pennsylvania's 146,520 registered nurses — $46.36 an hour — against $97,550 nationally. The gap is $1,120, and the state ranks 20th of 51. Effectively, Pennsylvania pays the national rate.

The shape of the distribution is the more useful fact. Pennsylvania runs from $70,800 at the 10th percentile to $117,900 at the 90th. The national figures are $68,940 and $137,470, so the floor here is $1,860 above the national floor while the ceiling is $19,570 below the national ceiling. Pay is compressed: less downside than most states, and noticeably less top end. That matters for how you think about this degree, because the return is not going to show up as a bigger number in the same job — it shows up in moving to a different one.

The caveat that applies to every salary figure on this site: BLS reports all registered nurses as a single occupation and does not separate pay by degree. There is no federal number for what a Pennsylvania BSN earns against what a Pennsylvania ADN earns, and anyone quoting one has made it up. What the BSN is associated with is access to roles paying above the RN median — charge and management tracks, case management, public health, and the MSN pathway — rather than a raise on the same unit.

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release.

7 More Pennsylvania Programs, Confirmed but Not Scored

These 7 institutions run a confirmed RN-to-BSN track and are all held out of the ranking for the same reason: each confers fewer than 10 nursing bachelor's degrees a year, which cannot be compared like-for-like against a program conferring hundreds. That is a volume threshold in the ranking, not a judgment about the teaching, and a small cohort can be the right answer if the school is near you and takes your credits.

  • Geneva College, Beaver Falls — Confers fewer than 10 degrees a year, too few to compare
  • King's College, Wilkes-Barre — Confers fewer than 10 degrees a year, too few to compare
  • La Roche University, Pittsburgh — Confers fewer than 10 degrees a year, too few to compare
  • Lackawanna College, Scranton — Confers fewer than 10 degrees a year, too few to compare
  • Mercyhurst University, Erie — Confers fewer than 10 degrees a year, too few to compare
  • University of Pittsburgh-Bradford, Bradford — Confers fewer than 10 degrees a year, too few to compare
  • Westminster College, New Wilmington — Confers fewer than 10 degrees a year, too few to compare

Questions About Pennsylvania RN to BSN Programs

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