The facts.
Enrollment
2,234 total enrollment
2,001 students enrolled in a
baccalaureate program
1,290 students enrolled at a
Commonwealth Campus
657 students enrolled at
University Park
287 students enrolled in an online
degree program
Based on fall 2020 ofcial enrollment and includes pre-nursing students
Faculty Prole
16 Tenured and Tenure-track
5 Clinical track
7 Research
87 Teaching
2 Endowed professors
11 Fellows in the American
Academy of Nursing
Program established in the College of
Health and Physical Education
- 22 students admitted
1964
First two students received B.S.
degrees in Nursing
1968
School of Nursing becomes
the College of Nursing
2013
Nationally ranked online program:
Penn State World Campus
TOP
10
Accreditation: Commission on
Collegiate Nursing Education
B.S.N., M.S./M.S.N., D.N.P.
Full-time Ph.D. students are eligible
for funding
ALL
Research Prole
Over $17 million in research
expenditures since the college’s
inception
Over $8 million awarded for
gerontology research
Over $4 million awarded for the
development of a sexual assault
forensics training center (SAFE-T
Center)
Approx. $1.5 million awarded to
support clinical and translational
science
Programs offered
UNIVERSITY PARK AND HERSHEY
+ B.S.N. (University Park)
+ M.S.N. Nurse Practitioner (advanced practice options in Family/Individual
across the Lifespan, Adult Gerontology Primary Care, and Adult Gerontology
Acute Care (Hershey))
+ B.S.N. to Ph.D. in Nursing
+ B.S.N. to Ph.D. in Nursing with concurrent M.S.N. Nurse Practitioner
+ Ph.D. in Nursing
+ Dual-title Ph.D. in Nursing and Bioethics
+ Dual-title Ph.D. in Nursing and Clinical and Translational Sciences
+ Post-graduate Nurse Practitioner certicate
OTHER PENN STATE CAMPUSES
+ RN to B.S.N. (six residential campuses)
+ B.S.N. (six campuses)
+ Second Degree B.S.N. (two campuses)
+ M.S.N. Nurse Practitioner (advanced practice options in Family/Individual
across the Lifespan, Adult Gerontology Primary Care (ve campuses))
WORLD CAMPUS/UNIVERSITY PARK (ONLINE)
+ RN to B.S.N.
+ M.S.N. (advanced role options for Nurse Educator and Nurse
Administrator)
+ Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.)
+ Undergraduate certicates in Nursing Forensics,
Nursing Informatics, and Nursing Management
+ Graduate certicates in Gerontology, Nurse Educator,
Nurse Administrator, and Primary Palliative Care
+ Various continuing education opportunities
Degrees awarded
BACCALAUREATE
597
MASTER’S
64
DOCTORAL
17
data based on degrees conferred in summer 2019, fall 2019, and spring 2020
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Current Initiatives
Community Health Needs Assessment Alignment
The College of Nursing is prioritizing the health of our community by
strategically focusing our teaching, research, and service on the medical
needs identied by the community through surveys conducted at local
medical facilities.
Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (CGNE)
The CGNE is a community of nurse educators, clinicians, and researchers
whose leadership is actively improving health care for older adults in
America.
Rural Care Delivery This program supports our mission of improving
access to primary care by funding clinical experiences in rural and medically
underserved areas for students in their nal year of the Family Nurse
Practitioner option.
Nursing Research Network The College of Nursing has received
funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to develop
networks for community-based nursing research throughout Pennsylvania.
Person-Centered Care Collaboration The program
established by the College of Nursing and the Polisher Research Institute
in North Wales, Pennsylvania, will expand on the college’s current focus on
research in aging and person-centered care — a model of elder care that
seeks to improve quality of life by focusing on the patient’s own lifestyle
preferences.
THON Medication Administration Under the supervision
of nursing faculty, B.S.N. students enrolled in NURS 306 (Nursing Care of
Children and Adolescents) administer medications for the dancers in the IFC/
Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) as part of their required clinical hours.
Age-Friendly Care, PA The College of Nursing is home to a
collaborative for age- and dementia–friendly care called Age-Friendly Care,
PA (AFCPA). AFCPA is a dedicated group of diverse professionals from
different backgrounds working together to improve the lives of older adults
in Pennsylvania, with special attention to older adults living in rural parts of
our state.
Two-Step Delirium Identication Tool Supported by a
grant from the National Institute on Aging, a four-year interprofessional
project, “Researching Efcient Approaches to Delirium Identication,” aims
to improve the care of older adults by developing and testing a two-step
bedside tool to detect delirium in hospitalized adults age 70 and older.
SAFE-T Center This project uses telemedicine technology to
enhance access to sexual assault forensic exams in underserved populations.
Through telemedicine (live-examination videoconferencing with high-
resolution image display), the SAFE-T Center will improve the quality of
services afforded to victims of assault in rural hospitals across Pennsylvania.
Penn State Employee Health and Wellness Center
The University launched a center that will provide walk-in service for minor
illnesses requiring short-term treatment through a partnership between Penn
State Health and the College of Nursing.
www.nursing.psu.edu
Our Students
By The Numbers
3.55-3.903.55-3.90
GPA RANGE OF UNIVERSITY PARK STUDENTS
general nurse option, rst-year students, summer/fall 2020
3.07-3.603.07-3.60
GPA RANGE OF ALL OTHER CAMPUSES
general nurse option, rst-year students, summer/fall 2020
1080-1260
RANGE OF SAT SCORES
UNIVERSITY PARK STUDENTS
(EVIDENCE-BASED READING AND WRITING + MATH)
general nurse option, rst-year students admitted in summer/fall 2020
1240-14101240-1410
RANGE OF SAT SCORES
UNIVERSITY PARK STUDENTS
(EVIDENCE-BASED READING AND WRITING + MATH)
general nurse option, rst-year students admitted in summer/fall 2020
13% 13%
ACCEPTANCE RATE
general nurse option, rst-year students admitted in fall 2019
93%93%
NCLEX PASS RATE
FIRST-TIME TEST TAKERS (2018)
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