UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing
The UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing offers a diploma program in Registered Nursing, with both a 16-month full-time option and a 32-month part-time evening/weekend program designed for working adults. Students gain extensive hands-on experience through over 800 clinical hours across the UPMC hospital network, including UPMC Shadyside and other Pittsburgh-area hospitals. The school boasts high job placement rates, with dedicated UPMC Human Resources support for resume building, interview preparation, and securing employment within the UPMC system before graduation.
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All Programs at UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing
1 trade program at UPMC Shadyside 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.
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Nursing
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Compare nationwide → Compare in PA → |
75 | $63,308/yr | $19,508 |
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 Shadyside 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.