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2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

49 Colleges
$18,355 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$64,238 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree School for You

Nursing is the most popular major in Pennsylvania with 11,477 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Healthcare Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 49 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for nursing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for nursing majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Top 10 Best Nursing Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania the best value school in Pennsylvania for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree. SRU is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Slippery Rock.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SRU are $10,507 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, nursing majors at SRU accumulate an average of around $27,955 in student debt.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, SRU also is in the top 20% of our Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Millersville University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Millersville is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Millersville.

Millersville undergraduate students pay an average of $12,256 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, nursing graduates from Millersville take out $33,958 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means California University of Pennsylvania is a great value for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cal U are $11,108 a year. Nursing majors at Cal U take out an average of $30,555 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a great value for nursing students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WCUPA are $10,423 a year.

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#5

Lock Haven University

Lock Haven, PA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Lock Haven University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the town of Lock Haven, LHU is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at LHU are $10,878 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, nursing majors at LHU accumulate an average of around $37,847 in student debt.

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Mansfield University of Pennsylvania came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Mansfield University is a small public school located in the town of Mansfield.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mansfield University are $10,682 a year. Nursing majors at Mansfield University take out an average of $25,662 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Located in the small city of Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bloomsburg are $10,982 a year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Bloomsburg take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $25,792. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $301.

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Clarion University of Pennsylvania ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Clarion University are $11,173 per year. The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Clarion University take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $31,462. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $377.

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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. East Stroudsburg University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of East Stroudsburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at East Stroudsburg University are $11,259 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, nursing majors at East Stroudsburg University accumulate an average of around $25,499 in student debt.

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Edinboro University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for nursing students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Edinboro is a small public school located in the town of Edinboro.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Edinboro are $10,543 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, nursing graduates from Edinboro carry an average student debtload of $31,019.

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Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Nursing Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 17,708
Maryland 4,104
New Jersey 5,648
District of Columbia 990
Delaware 1,267

One of 30 majors within the healthcare area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Nursing Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Registered Nursing 266,651
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 16,104
Nursing Administration 9,838
Nursing Practice 7,992
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 5,092
Nursing Science 4,600
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 2,287
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing 2,021
Nurse Anesthetist 1,936
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing 1,883
Critical Care Nursing 773
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing 563
School Nursing 553
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 509
Clinical Nurse Leader 444
Clinical Nurse Specialist 419
Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing 331
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing 181
Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing 57
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing 53
Palliative Care Nursing 14
Forensic Nursing 14

Majors Similar to Nursing

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 89,359
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 84,492
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 84,274
Allied Health Professions 82,308
Public Health 40,596

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Aleksahgabrielle.

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