UPMC Mercy School of Nursing

Pittsburgh, PA · Private nonprofit · 305 students · Visit Website

UPMC Mercy School of Nursing offers a diploma program to prepare students for Registered Nurse (RN) licensure. The program emphasizes hands-on clinical training, with over 800 hours of clinical experience, primarily within UPMC Mercy's Level I Trauma Center and other specialized units. The school boasts a nearly 100% job placement rate, with many graduates securing positions within the UPMC system, and provides dedicated HR support for resume building and job searching.

Programs Analyzed

1

Avg Grad Earnings

$64,745/yr

Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score

76/100

Tuition

$16,190/yr

All Programs at UPMC Mercy School of Nursing

1 trade program at UPMC Mercy Nursing, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.

Program Score Earnings Debt 10yr ROI AI Risk Job Market
Nursing
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
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76 $64,745/yr $13,750 45.6x High Very Large
292 openings/yr

Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.

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About This Data

TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 1 trade and vocational programs at UPMC Mercy School of Nursing using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).

The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections). Last updated 2026.