Candidates must prequalify for entry by completing the TEAS exam, then submit a complete application for admission consideration including:
Practical Nursing Application
- Practical Nursing Program Application
- Non-Degree Enrollment Form (fill out online form, print and sign/date)
- $75 Non-Refundable Application Fee (check or money order payable to Penn State University) **waived for the 2025 Fall Cohort
- ATI TEAS® exam transcript
- Two signed letters of professional reference
- Personal essay describing why you are interested in pursuing a nursing career
- Official Transcripts: (electronic transcripts may be emailed to: [email protected])
- High school transcript and/or GED transcript
- College, technical school, or trade school transcript(s) from each school attended (regardless of degree completion)
Drop off or mail your application to:
Penn State DuBois
Attn: Beth Sawyer
1 College Place
DuBois, PA 15801
Accepted Students:
Accepted student will be required to place a non-refundable $350 seat deposit to hold their position in the program cohort and will be applied to tuition.
No earlier than six months prior to the program start date, accepted students will be provided directions to complete clinical facility partner clearance requirements using a third-party vendor, CastleBranch. Students must be able to provide:
- Federal (FBI) Criminal History Report*, PA Child Abuse History Clearance, and Background Check
- Drug screening
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for the provider certification
- Proof of valid personal health insurance coverage
- Proof of professional student nurse liability insurance
- Physical examination
- Medical Documents verifying student is current with their Influenza, MMR, Varicella, Hepatitis B, TB Skin Test, Tetanus, Diphtheria & Pertussis (Tdap), and SARs COVID-19 immunizations.
