Earn your B.S. in nursing or D.N.P from OHSU

A nursing degree from Oregon’s only academic health center prepares you for a rewarding health care career. 

• Live and study in Portland, Oregon’s largest city. Take classes on OHSU’s main campus. Complete clinicals at major hospitals and other sites in and around the metro area.
• Choose a top nursing school where you’ll develop skills to care for diverse patient populations in a variety of settings like hospitals, clinics and emergency departments.
• Enjoy affordable tuition and explore OHSU’s wide range of scholarships.

Programs

Degrees you can earn at OHSU’s School of Nursing in Portland:

Undergraduate

• B.S. with a major in nursing (three years)
• Accelerated B.S. with a major in nursing (15 months)*
• On-campus post-AAS to B.S. for OCNE
• Wy’east nursing pathway

* The accelerated B.S. program offers options to continue directly to D.N.P. (FNP, CNM, PNP and PMHNP) or Ph.D. programs. 

Graduate

Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.): 

• Adult gerontology acute care nurse practitioner program 
• Family nurse practitioner program
• Nurse anesthesia program
• Nurse-midwifery program
• Pediatric primary and acute nurse practitioner program
• Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program
• Doctor of philosophy in nursing program

Student experience

• Study in small classes with the same students throughout your program.
• Attend classes steps away from OHSU Hospital, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, the V.A. Medical Center and Shriner’s Children’s Hospital.
• Learn in the School of Nursing’s high-tech classrooms and practice your skills in OHSU’s state-of-the-art simulation lab.
• Start hands-on clinical work in your first term at leading hospitals and medical facilities in the Portland area.
• Live in a vibrant Pacific Northwest city close to the Oregon Coast, the Columbia River Gorge and the Cascade Mountains.
• Learn from the best in the field. OHSU faculty members are experienced nurses with advanced degrees.