University of Pittsburgh
Accelerated 2nd Degree BSN (ABSN) · Pittsburgh, PA · school's own site (opens the school's website in a new tab)
ActiveIn personlast verified Oct 2026
Prerequisites
The courses Pitt says you need before you start, as published on its own pages. Credits, labs, and minimum grades are shown where the school states them.
- 01General ChemistryGeneral Chemistry (includes a lab)Within the past ten years.
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“General Chemistry*+ (includes a lab) | 4”
credits4labrequiredmin gradeB- - 02English CompositionEnglish Composition (scientific/technical)
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“English Composition (scientific/technical) | 3”
credits3labno - 03OtherGeneral Elective Credits
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“General Elective Credits | 6”
credits6 - 04General PsychologyPsychology
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Psychology | 3”
credits3labno - 05StatisticsStatistics (descriptive, probability, & inferential)
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Statistics ( descriptive, probability, & inferential ) | 3”
credits3labno - 06Combined Anatomy & Physiology (one course)Human Anatomy & Physiology (includes a lab)6-8 credits. Within the past ten years.
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Human Anatomy & Physiology *+ (includes a lab) | 6-8”
credits6labrequiredmin gradeB- - 07GeneticsHuman GeneticsWithin the past ten years.
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Human Genetics *+ | 3”
credits3min gradeB- - 08MicrobiologyMicrobiology (includes a lab)Within the past ten years.
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Microbiology *+ (includes a lab) | 4”
credits4labrequiredmin gradeB- - 09PathophysiologyPathophysiologyWithin the past ten years.
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Pathophysiology*+ | 4”
credits4min gradeB-
Minimum prerequisite grade
B- or better in science prerequisites (General Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Genetics, Microbiology, Pathophysiology)
The page uses the wording "should".
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“+Should have achieved a grade of "B-" or better”
Applying with prerequisites in progress
Provisional admission is possible after 6 science prerequisite credits; all prerequisites are due by the first term
All prerequisite courses must be completed, and official transcripts received, by the start of the first term.
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Provisional admission may be granted after completion of 6 credits of science prerequisites if all other admission requirements are met.”
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Do prerequisites expire?
Science course recency Not published. Confirm with the school. Our two readings of the page disagreed (“Science prerequisites within the past 10 years” vs “10 years for General Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Human Genetics, Microbiology, Pathophysiology”), so we are not publishing a value yet.
Course attempt limits Not published. Confirm with the school.
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GPA and grades
Minimum cumulative GPA for admission Not published. Confirm with the school.
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Is there an entrance exam?
Entrance exam Not published. Confirm with the school.
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Where can courses be taken?
Where prerequisites may be taken
Any college or university, if evaluated as equivalent to Pitt courses
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“These courses may be taken at any college or university.”
Online labs Not published. Confirm with the school.
Pass/fail courses Not published. Confirm with the school.
Credit by exam Not published. Confirm with the school.
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Application deadlines and start dates
Upcoming cycles Pitt publishes. A date without a year on the school's page is noted rather than guessed.
Fall cohort · PittsburghRolling admissionNo years printed. Read as date-then-label: Fall priority deadline is November 1 (presumably of the year before the fall start) and the Fall regular deadline is April 15. The layout does not make the pairing fully explicit. Admission decisions are made on a rolling basis.
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“November 1 Fall Priority April 15 Fall Regular”
Spring cohort · PittsburghRolling admissionNo years printed. Read as date-then-label: Spring priority deadline is April 15 and the Spring regular deadline is August 15. Admission decisions are made on a rolling basis.
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“April 15 Spring Priority August 15 Spring Regular”
Application route
Apply online to the School of Nursing
NursingCAS is named only for the MSN, DNP and PhD programs. The pages do not say whether the ABSN uses it.
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Prospective students must apply online to the School of Nursing.”
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Cost
Tuition and fees as the school publishes them. Living costs vary; the source link has the full table.
Enrollment deposit
$250 non-refundable, applied to first-term tuition
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“All admitted students will be required to place a $250 as non-refundable deposit upon acceptance of admission, which will be counted towards tuition in the first term of study.”
Tuition Not published. Confirm with the school.
Application fee Not published. Confirm with the school.
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Other requirements
What the school asks for beyond courses and scores.
Degree requirement
Bachelor's or graduate degree in another discipline; fourth-year baccalaureate students may also apply
Undergraduates within 12-18 credits of graduation are considered for provisional admission.
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Individuals with a baccalaureate (BA or BS) or graduate degree in another discipline”
Personal essay
Essay on how the program will help achieve professional goals
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Personal essay explaining how the program will help achieve professional goals”
Recommendations
Two professional letters
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Two (2) letters of professional recommendation”
Transcript pre-review
No transcript review before applying
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Official transcripts may be reviewed only after submission of the application .”
Transcript review
No pre-application transcript review
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Official transcripts may be reviewed only after submission of the application .”
- Official transcripts from all colleges attended
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Official transcripts of all course work taken at any university or college”
- International applicants: TOEFL or IELTS score, unless the native language is English or the applicant graduated from an accredited US degree program
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Official TOEFL or IELTS score – exempt if native language is English or graduate of a degree program at an accredited institution in the United States”
Interview Not published. Confirm with the school.
CNA Not published. Confirm with the school.
Healthcare experience Not published. Confirm with the school.
Resume Not published. Confirm with the school.
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Good to know
What the school says about the program that is not a requirement: how it selects, how many it admits, what to expect.
Format
Full-time, in-person (onsite only); no part-time option
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“There is no option for part-time admission. The curriculum is completed on a full-time schedule in three consecutive terms, onsite only.”
Start terms
Fall and Spring
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“New classes begin in the Fall, and Spring term.”
Cohort size
Target of 30 students per term
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“The number of the admitted students varies each Spring and Fall. The target is 30 students for every enrollment term.”
Total credits
122 total: 31 from the prior degree, 36-38 prerequisite, 54 curriculum
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“The Accelerated 2nd Degree BSN requires 122 credits: 31 credits from a previous degree, 36 to 38 prerequisite credits, and 54 curriculum credits.”
Clinical transportation
Students provide own transportation; car recommended
source · nursing.pitt.edu
“Yes. Some clinical locations are in the Pittsburgh suburbs, and students are responsible for transportation to these sites. A personal car is recommended.”
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Sources
Every page we read for Pitt, with when we last checked it. Tier 1 is the program's own pages; tier 2 the nursing school's general pages; tier 3 university-wide pages.
- Accelerated 2nd Degree BSN (ABSN) - School of Nursing | University of Pittsburghtier 1 · program page · checked Oct 15, 2026
- Admissions Requirements & Process - School of Nursing | University of Pittsburghtier 1 · how to apply · checked Oct 15, 2026
- Admissions - School of Nursing | University of Pittsburghtier 1 · how to apply · checked Oct 15, 2026
- ABSN FAQs - School of Nursing | University of Pittsburghtier 2 · faq · checked Oct 15, 2026
- https://www.nursing.pitt.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/policy307march2023editsassocdeansbpc.pdftier 1 · pdf · checked Oct 15, 2026
- Policies Archive - School of Nursing | University of Pittsburghtier 3 · policy · checked Oct 15, 2026
Open questions we're still checking
- Does the ABSN application go through NursingCAS? The pages say only 'apply online to the School of Nursing'; NursingCAS is named for the graduate programs.
- The Important Deadlines list prints dates without years, and the date-to-label pairing is inferred from the layout.
- Are the 10-year recency and B- grade rules ('should') hard requirements or guidance?
- No minimum GPA, entrance exam, or application fee is published for the ABSN.
- Policy 152 (Admission: Requirements for Accelerated 2nd Degree BSN Applicants) is listed in the policy library, but its text was not provided.
- The ABSN application route is described only as 'apply online to the School of Nursing'; NursingCAS is named only for graduate programs, so whether ABSN uses NursingCAS is unclear.
- No minimum GPA, entrance exam, application fee, or tuition figure is published for the ABSN.
- Deadlines are printed without years; application opening dates are not stated.
- Two readings of the page disagreed on course_age_limit: Science prerequisites within the past 10 years | 10 years for General Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Human Genetics, Microbiology, Pathophysiology.
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