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2023 Most Popular Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

17 Colleges
$52,486 Avg Salary
$25,327 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular undergraduate certificate programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Nursing program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Women make up 85% of the nursing majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $30,458.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing is a great place for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Bethlehem, St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Of the 123 students majoring in nursing at St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing, 11% are male and 89% are female.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, nursing majors at St Lukes Hospital School of Nursing accumulate an average of around $25,293 in student debt.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing is a great place for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Of the 75 students majoring in nursing at Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, 15% are male and 85% are female.

On average, nursing graduates from Roxborough Memorial Hospital School of Nursing take out $23,272 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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The in-demand undergraduate certificate programs at Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in Pennsylvania. RHSHS is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Reading.

Of the 63 students majoring in nursing at RHSHS, 6% are male and 94% are female.

Nursing majors at RHSHS take out an average of $27,725 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means UPMC Mercy School of Nursing is a great place for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. UPMC Mercy School of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

About 92% of the students majoring in nursing at the school are women while 8% are male.

On average, nursing graduates from UPMC Mercy School of Nursing take out $27,016 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing is a great place for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate. UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Pittsburgh.

Women make up 92% of the nursing majors at the school.

While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, nursing majors at UPMC St. Margaret School of Nursing accumulate an average of around $31,490 in student debt.

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#7

Citizens School of Nursing

New Kensington, PA

Citizens School of Nursing did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Citizens School of Nursing is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of New Kensington.

Women make up 93% of the nursing majors at the school.

On average, nursing graduates from Citizens School of Nursing take out $23,680 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, West Penn Hospital School of Nursing is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 50 students majoring in nursing at West Penn Hospital School of Nursing, 26% are male and 74% are female.

Nursing majors at West Penn Hospital School of Nursing take out an average of $23,726 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Washington Hospital School of Nursing ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Washington Hospital School of Nursing is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Washington.

Women make up 84% of the nursing majors at the school.

The average amount in student loans that nursing majors at Washington Hospital School of Nursing take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $27,699.

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DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular undergraduate certificate nursing programs. Memorial Medical Center is a small private for-profit school located in the small city of Johnstown.

Of the 39 students majoring in nursing at Memorial Medical Center, 15% are male and 85% are female.

Nursing majors at Memorial Medical Center take out an average of $26,770 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Full Nursing at DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Report

Best Nursing Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 17 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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